| 词汇 | example_english_crocodile-tears |
| 释义 | Examples of crocodile tearsThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In crying crocodiletears, we know that this was a noisy, showy action. But there is this to be said at once, particularly about the crocodiletears in some newspapers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet if we examine the charges and wade through the crocodiletears to reach the solid facts, what do we find? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen crocodiletears being shed, and a bit of a song and dance going on, rather like in a university debating society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not enough for us to weep crocodiletears over this affair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no place for crocodiletears, sympathy without funding or condemnation without action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never been one to shed crocodiletears over the loss of our shipbuilding industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite frankly, his crocodiletears are being shed rather late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people will weep crocodiletears and talk about the need for inquiries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No amount of wringing of hands or crocodiletears will bring those mills back into life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cry crocodiletears and say that they suffer from a design fault and require what they describe as a "repair element". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he is shedding crocodiletears about ratepayers' money, will he return that £45 million to the ratepayers, where it rightly belongs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is what is behind all the crocodiletears we have seen this afternoon and in recent weeks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He cries crocodiletears for the industry that his party sought to destroy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already observed and rejoiced in the fact that he no longer cries crocodiletears and wrings his hands in mock horror. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use waiting until companies get into distress and are almost closing before weeping crocodiletears and trying to do something about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This disgraceful resolution does not even shed crocodiletears over poverty or social exclusion. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many of those who have war pensions, and who are young like me, get fed up with her crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do not do so, the nation could discount their crocodiletears which are often shed over pensioners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let the insult of their crocodiletears not be forgotten either. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be no crocodiletears about that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That shows the hypocrisy, crocodiletears and synthetic anger which marked the attacks made upon our proposals only a few months ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may weep a few crocodiletears for local authorities, but that is all that they will do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a matter of crying crocodiletears over the less developed and the poor countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No crocodiletears were shed on this side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not have some of the perhaps synthetic crocodiletears about guillotine motions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these circumstances it comes a little badly from him to weep crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was not impressed by what appeared to be crocodiletears over possible abolition of company names. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find it difficult, therefore, to take seriously the crocodiletears we have witnessed today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not have any more crocodiletears about 1½p on 21bs of sugar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They shed crocodiletears for the poor owner-occupier who just wants to build a lobby or to extend his garage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The opinions that they have just expressed are simply crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crocodiletears that he shed about the prevailing levels of unemployment and the increase in the past month took a fair amount of swallowing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not even had the grace of crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not, so this is all crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not need to weep crocodiletears: we need action. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I said that crocodiletears are being shed, and that is what they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, let us have no crocodiletears about that matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need to shed crocodiletears over him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I only wish that, instead of the crocodile teeth then, we had seen today's crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not weep crocodiletears here—lachrimae rerum, the tears of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His platitudes and crocodiletears will not be accepted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not tell us anything about crocodiles' eggs, though he sheds crocodiletears about the poor ex-service man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I ask because she is now campaigning and shedding crocodiletears about nurses' pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, while we are doing that, what do we have from leading spokesmen of the party opposite despite their crocodiletears about the homeless? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen him shedding crocodiletears over a situation which he more than anyone else helped to create. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us have tears by all means, but let them be sincere and not crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is time that some of the people who shed crocodiletears felt what it is like to be unemployed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she stop these crocodiletears and the hypocrisy of pretending to care for the unemployed while pushing another 300, 000 people out of work? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crocodiletears that they shed do not deceive the young people of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not cry crocodiletears because of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We get plenty of tears and sympathy from them, but they must be crocodiletears, because there is no action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that shows in true relief the crocodiletears that they have shed over the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot believe that in the dialogue that has gone on, with the crocodiletears and everything else, sight of that has been lost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know the difficulties of small traders, but do not let us shed crocodiletears about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same people who are pouring out crocodiletears want to send workers unprotected into the labour market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry to say this, but some of what we have heard tonight has been crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that there have been some crocodiletears shed this afternoon as regards concern for small businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So much for the crocodiletears about what they have discovered is wrong with the inner cities and what needs to be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps "crocodiletears" is not too unkind a phrase to use about what we have seen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frankly, it seems to me—and to others—like pure crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have seen tonight are crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They might shed crocodiletears now, but that is all that they can do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use shedding crocodiletears over the miners in these valleys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have shed the usual crocodiletears for the poor and unfortunate unemployed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is pleading for and shedding crocodiletears over the poor periodicals, the poor provincial newspapers and the wretched weaker brethren among the programme contractors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have shed crocodiletears and brought forward futher statutory instruments which we debate late at night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We see crocodiletears being shed over the level that rates have reached, especially in inner city areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From certain quarters, that pleading is only crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should bear that in mind when we observe their crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who talked about business risk and business judgment are now shedding crocodiletears for learning providers who made business choices and took business risks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How does that square with all these crocodiletears? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sit there and cry crocodiletears over thousands of workers, but that is absolute rubbish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Money for the farmer, increased rent for the landlord, crocodiletears by the bucket for the agricultural labourer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Year after year, people weep crocodiletears about deaths from hypothermia when people die merely because they are cold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We look at him to-night, and we think he is like a great whale floundering in crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us stop crying crocodiletears and finally behave like responsible human beings. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is no point crying crocodiletears over deaths and humanitarian incidents when we do nothing to defend our coastline. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is why the motion represents crocodiletears from those who in the past have displayed crocodile teeth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the crocodiletears he has shed do not mean anything more than that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will take no lectures or crocodiletears from them on that front. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now they are shedding crocodiletears because they have not received some of the answers that they wanted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How all of us have shed our crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot help thinking about the crocodiletears shed over the curbing of the trade unions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They shed crocodiletears but do not do anything about these matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dole queues have grown longer and the crocodiletears have become larger since the debates on unemployment in 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So much for their crocodiletears about the developing countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a lot of crocodiletears on the issue, but no constructive ideas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder whether we can take seriously his crocodiletears or whether we should suspect that there is another reason lying behind his remarks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot weep crocodiletears about the effect that these taxes will have upon the people who are called upon to pay them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should they believe us when we shed crocodiletears for the detrimental effects on their livelihoods, but do nothing? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot shed any crocodiletears over them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has shed crocodiletears over the decline in the number of tenanted farms, but nothing else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they have employment debates they do not, as happens in this country, shed crocodiletears about unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crocodiletears that have been shed will not ease or solve the problem of multi-occupation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us have no crocodiletears about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They weep crocodiletears for the plight of the elderly, but spend a mere £10 million on them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he further agree that the crocodiletears from the opposition about public expenditure always disappear when they talk about defence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say they were crocodiletears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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