🐾 Crocodile
"Crocodile tears"
Meaning
Fake sadness.
About the crocodile
Crocodiles are ambush predators associated with insincere displays, which is the origin of idioms about fake sadness.
Example sentence
She showed crocodile tears when the teacher took her phone, then smiled as soon as he left.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Fake sadness.