"crocodile tear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹɒkədaɪl ˌtɪə/ [UK], /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl ˌtɪɹ/ [US] Audio: en-au-crocodile tear.ogg [Australia] Forms: crocodile tears [plural]
Etymology: From the ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey. Head templates: {{en-noun}} crocodile tear (plural crocodile tears)
  1. (idiomatic) A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: insincerity, hypocrisy, turn on the waterworks Translations (tear shed falsely): llàgrima de cocodril [feminine] (Catalan), 鱷魚的眼淚 (Chinese Mandarin), 鳄鱼的眼泪 (èyú de yǎnlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), krokodýlí slza [feminine] (Czech), krokodilletåre [common-gender] (Danish), rossatár [neuter] (Faroese), krokodillutár [neuter] (Faroese), krokotiilinkyynel (Finnish), larmes de crocodile [feminine, plural] (French), Krokodilsträne [feminine] (German), krokodilkönny (Hungarian), deoir bhréag [feminine] (Irish), deoir bhréagach [feminine] (Irish), lacrimula [feminine] (Latin), മുതലക്കണ്ണീർ (mutalakkaṇṇīṟ) (Malayalam), اشک تمساح (ašk-e temsâh) (Persian), lágrima de crocodilo [feminine] (Portuguese), крокоди́лова слеза́ (krokodílova slezá) [feminine] (Russian), deur nam breug [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), krokodília slza [feminine] (Slovak), lágrimas de cocodrilo [feminine] (Spanish), krokodiltår [common-gender] (Swedish), luha ng buwaya (Tagalog), deigryn crocodeil [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-crocodile_tear-en-noun-KL57-WUQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'tear shed falsely': 80 20
  2. (idiomatic, in the plural) A display of tears that is forced or false. Tags: idiomatic, in-plural Translations (display of tears that is forced or false): دُمُوع اَلتَّمَاسِيح (dumūʕ at-tamāsīḥ) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), կոկորդիլոսի արցունքներ (kokordilosi arcʿunkʿner) (Armenian), llàgrimes de cocodril [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 貓哭耗子假慈悲 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫哭耗子假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi jiǎ cíbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 貓哭耗子 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫哭耗子 (māo kū hàozi) (Chinese Mandarin), 假慈悲 (jiǎ cíbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 鱷魚的眼淚 (Chinese Mandarin), 鳄鱼的眼泪 (èyú de yǎnlèi) (Chinese Mandarin), krokodýlí slzy [feminine, plural] (Czech), krokodilletårer [plural] (Danish), krokodillentranen [feminine, plural] (Dutch), krokotiilinkyyneleet [plural] (Finnish), larmes de crocodile [feminine, plural] (French), bágoas de crocodilo [feminine, plural] (Galician), lágrimas de crocodilo [feminine, plural] (Galician), Krokodilstränen [feminine, plural] (German), κροκοδείλια δάκρυα (krokodeília dákrya) [neuter, plural] (Greek), דִּמְעוֹת תַּנִּין (dim'ót tanín) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), krokodilkönnyek [plural] (Hungarian), hræsnistár [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), krókódílstár [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), uppgerðarhryggð [feminine] (Icelandic), air mata buaya (Indonesian), deoir bhréag [feminine] (Irish), deoir bhréagach [feminine] (Irish), lacrime di coccodrillo [feminine, plural] (Italian), 嘘泣き (usonaki) (alt: うそなき) (Japanese), 악어의 눈물 (ageo-ui nunmul) (Korean), krokodilo ašaros [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), tangi kurī (Maori), krokodilletårer [masculine, plural] (Norwegian), اشک تمساح (ašk-e temsâh) (Persian), krokodyle łzy [feminine, plural] (Polish), lágrimas de crocodilo [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), larmas da crocodil [feminine, plural] (Romansch), крокоди́ловы слёзы (krokodílovy sljózy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), deòir nam breugan [masculine, plural] (Scottish Gaelic), lágrimas de cocodrilo [feminine, plural] (Spanish), krokodiltårar [plural] (Swedish), మొసలి కన్నీళ్లు (mosali kannīḷlu) (Telugu), మొసలికన్నీరు (mosalikannīru) (Telugu), timsah gözyaşları (Turkish), крокодиля́чі сльо́зи (krokodyljáči slʹózy) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), dagrau crocodeil [masculine, plural] (Welsh), wylofain crocodeil [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-crocodile_tear-en-noun-j1GxEw0r Disambiguation of 'display of tears that is forced or false': 12 88

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        "(idiomatic) A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion."
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          "_dis1": "61 39",
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
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          "word": "llàgrima de cocodril"
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          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "word": "krokotiilinkyynel"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
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          "word": "larmes de crocodile"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "word": "krokodilkönny"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "deoir bhréag"
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "deoir bhréagach"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lacrimula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "mutalakkaṇṇīṟ",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "word": "മുതലക്കണ്ണീർ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ašk-e temsâh",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "word": "اشک تمساح"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lágrima de crocodilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krokodílova slezá",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "крокоди́лова слеза́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "deur nam breug"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krokodília slza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lágrimas de cocodrilo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "krokodiltår"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "word": "luha ng buwaya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 20",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "tear shed falsely",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "deigryn crocodeil"
        }
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          "ref": "1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 19, in Can You Forgive Her?",
          "text": "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.",
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dumūʕ at-tamāsīḥ",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "دُمُوع اَلتَّمَاسِيح"
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kokordilosi arcʿunkʿner",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "կոկորդիլոսի արցունքներ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "llàgrimes de cocodril"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "貓哭耗子假慈悲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "māo kū hàozi jiǎ cíbēi",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "猫哭耗子假慈悲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "貓哭耗子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "māo kū hàozi",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "猫哭耗子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎ cíbēi",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "假慈悲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "鱷魚的眼淚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "èyú de yǎnlèi",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "鳄鱼的眼泪"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodýlí slzy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodilletårer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodillentranen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokotiilinkyyneleet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "larmes de crocodile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "bágoas de crocodilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "lágrimas de crocodilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Krokodilstränen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "krokodeília dákrya",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "κροκοδείλια δάκρυα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dim'ót tanín",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "דִּמְעוֹת תַּנִּין"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodilkönnyek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "hræsnistár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krókódílstár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uppgerðarhryggð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "air mata buaya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deoir bhréag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "deoir bhréagach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "lacrime di coccodrillo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "alt": "うそなき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "usonaki",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "嘘泣き"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ageo-ui nunmul",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "악어의 눈물"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodilo ašaros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "tangi kurī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodilletårer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ašk-e temsâh",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "اشک تمساح"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodyle łzy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "lágrimas de crocodilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "larmas da crocodil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krokodílovy sljózy",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "крокоди́ловы слёзы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "deòir nam breugan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "lágrimas de cocodrilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "krokodiltårar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "mosali kannīḷlu",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "మొసలి కన్నీళ్లు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "mosalikannīru",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "మొసలికన్నీరు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "word": "timsah gözyaşları"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "krokodyljáči slʹózy",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "крокодиля́чі сльо́зи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "dagrau crocodeil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wylofain crocodeil"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɒkədaɪl ˌtɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɑkədaɪl ˌtɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-crocodile tear.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/En-au-crocodile_tear.ogg/En-au-crocodile_tear.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/En-au-crocodile_tear.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crocodile tear"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crocodile tears",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "crocodile tear (plural crocodile tears)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "insincerity"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypocrisy"
    },
    {
      "word": "turn on the waterworks"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insincerely",
          "insincerely"
        ],
        [
          "sorrow",
          "sorrow"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A tear shed insincerely, in a false display of sorrow or some other emotion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 19, in Can You Forgive Her?",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A display of tears that is forced or false."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tear",
          "tear"
        ],
        [
          "forced",
          "forced"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, in the plural) A display of tears that is forced or false."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɒkədaɪl ˌtɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɹɑkədaɪl ˌtɪɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-crocodile tear.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/En-au-crocodile_tear.ogg/En-au-crocodile_tear.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/En-au-crocodile_tear.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llàgrima de cocodril"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "鱷魚的眼淚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èyú de yǎnlèi",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "鳄鱼的眼泪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krokodýlí slza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krokodilletåre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rossatár"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krokodillutár"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "krokotiilinkyynel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "larmes de crocodile"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Krokodilsträne"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "krokodilkönny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoir bhréag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoir bhréagach"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lacrimula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "mutalakkaṇṇīṟ",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "മുതലക്കണ്ണീർ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ašk-e temsâh",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "اشک تمساح"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lágrima de crocodilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krokodílova slezá",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крокоди́лова слеза́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deur nam breug"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krokodília slza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lágrimas de cocodrilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krokodiltår"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "word": "luha ng buwaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "tear shed falsely",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deigryn crocodeil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dumūʕ at-tamāsīḥ",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "دُمُوع اَلتَّمَاسِيح"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kokordilosi arcʿunkʿner",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "կոկորդիլոսի արցունքներ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "llàgrimes de cocodril"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "貓哭耗子假慈悲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "māo kū hàozi jiǎ cíbēi",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "猫哭耗子假慈悲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "貓哭耗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "māo kū hàozi",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "猫哭耗子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎ cíbēi",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "假慈悲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "鱷魚的眼淚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èyú de yǎnlèi",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "鳄鱼的眼泪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodýlí slzy"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodilletårer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodillentranen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokotiilinkyyneleet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "larmes de crocodile"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bágoas de crocodilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lágrimas de crocodilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Krokodilstränen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "krokodeília dákrya",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "κροκοδείλια δάκρυα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dim'ót tanín",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "דִּמְעוֹת תַּנִּין"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodilkönnyek"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hræsnistár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krókódílstár"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uppgerðarhryggð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "air mata buaya"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoir bhréag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deoir bhréagach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lacrime di coccodrillo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うそなき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "usonaki",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "嘘泣き"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ageo-ui nunmul",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "악어의 눈물"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodilo ašaros"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "tangi kurī"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodilletårer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ašk-e temsâh",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "اشک تمساح"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodyle łzy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lágrimas de crocodilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "larmas da crocodil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krokodílovy sljózy",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "крокоди́ловы слёзы"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "deòir nam breugan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lágrimas de cocodrilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krokodiltårar"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mosali kannīḷlu",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "మొసలి కన్నీళ్లు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mosalikannīru",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "మొసలికన్నీరు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "word": "timsah gözyaşları"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krokodyljáči slʹózy",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "крокодиля́чі сльо́зи"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "dagrau crocodeil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "display of tears that is forced or false",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wylofain crocodeil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crocodile tear"
}

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