Meaning
Crocodile tears
Example
Ela pode chorar à vontade! É tudo lágrimas de crocodilo!
She can cry all she wants! It's all crocodile tears!
Origin
Ancient and medieval bestiaries claimed crocodiles would weep while devouring their prey — a detail already found in the 14th-century travelogue The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, and repeated by Shakespeare (Henry VI, Part 2).
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