🐾 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
Ben cried crocodile tears after eating his sister's chocolate, but everyone knew he was only sorry he got caught.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Fake sadness.