English Dictionary

crocodile tear

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹɒkədaɪl ˌtɪə/

名詞

慣用表現 複数形

(idiomatic) A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion. / (idiomatic, in the plural) A display of tears that is forced or false.

日本語の意味

偽善的な涙、つまり表面的な哀れみや感情を示すために流される、感情とは裏腹の涙 / 見せかけの涙、真実の悲しみではなく、意図的に作り出された涙

When he apologized, everyone saw his crocodile tear and knew he wasn't truly sorry.

彼が謝ったとき、みんなは彼の偽りの涙を見抜き、本当に申し訳ないと思っているわけではないと分かった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion.

At last he contrived to squeeze out one of his little hysterical tears, and drop it on her hand. Now, the girl was not butter, like some of her sex; far from it: but neither was she wood—indeed, she was not old enough for that—so this crocodile tear won her for the time being.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, in the plural) A display of tears that is forced or false.

And in all her letters since, she had spoken of her aunt as a silly, vain, worldly woman, weeping crocodile tears, for an old husband whose death had released her from the tedium of his company.

crocodile tears （ plural ）