"鬼の目にも涙" meaning in 日本語

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Phrase

  1. どんなに冷酷で無慈悲な性格の人間であっても、同情や憐れみを感じ涙を流すこともあるのだということ。強く恐ろしく見える鬼も泣くことがあるということから転じた。
    Sense id: ja-鬼の目にも涙-ja-phrase-wPPDam77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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