false tears
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In a statement Thursday, National Nurses United said that the hospital industry was “crying false tears ... when these untenable working conditions are entirely of their own making.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
My mother came over and said, "If you’re having a hard time, why don’t I have the makeup man put the false tears on your face?"
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021
Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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Sighs, smiles, false tears, they'll fain employ An artless lover to decoy.
From Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by Jean de La Fontaine
The messenger laughed inwardly and thought, "The wicked monkey is now dropping false tears, but within a short time he shall shed real ones."
From Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
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