crocodile tears

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Adam Sandler has no crocodile tears for “Happy Gilmore” co-star Morris the alligator — he has fond jokes instead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

"We won't wait for the accident which is about to happen to see everyone shed crocodile tears ... safety should be on the front line," wrote the rail workers' union.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

Some of us suspected this was a gush of crocodile tears.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

"Val" certainly engenders sympathy, but at times it feels like crocodile tears.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2021

If there be such things as crocodile tears, perhaps there may also be crocodile wishes, of which this would seem to be one.

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe