«Crocodile tears» – «Larmes de crocodile» / Lingvo Live

Ketchup Петровичadded translation 9 years ago

translation (en-fr)

Crocodile tears

Larmes de crocodile

Crocodile tears (or superficial sympathy) are a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief.

Ola laadded a comment 9 years ago

it s funny cause in Chinese the idiomatic expression with the same meaning is like 貓哭耗子 māo kū hàozi (lit. "cat cries [over] mouse/mice").