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

He also knows that sort of sham kindness of yours, the drivelling sentimentality that makes you shed crocodile tears over the people you victimize; And he planned the whole farce!

From The Confessions of Arsène Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice