Na because say crocodile smile no good, why na Dem come kill us finish for operation crocodile smile.

Shellsploit:
Lalasticlacla knows Better

Thought he's the snake man, not crocodile

Observing comments

A crocodile cries whenever it is predating on its prey. It will keep crying but won't stop eating it's animal. It is now being interpreted as such that despite its being pitiful towards the prey it will still consume it.
Therefore, any false tears is regarded as crocodile tears.

Just a FIGURE OF SPEECH

I think it's because crocidile shed tears of joy when they are enjoying a nice meal.

jnrbayano:


Shed tears rather. Its neither cry nor weep

Shedding tears isn't same as crying or weeping

Lol what's the different?

Crocodiles are always in water and hence the reason for the phrase.

andyblinks05:
As the topic says....why is it called so? Do crocodile shed tears at all

When crocodiles are eating their prey, water/tears do come out of their eyes.
So the tear is regarded as false cos crying while killing is false.

The rich also cry

But Buhari is emotionless

Charmingrascal:


Crocodile cries. Especially when it's out of the water for long, its eyes dry out and to remain lubricated it weeps.
Also crocodile cries when it attacks its prey (i.e they shed tears when they're feeding) however it is not clear whether they cry out of pity for their victim or out of excitement.
But it is believed that no one will be eating and be crying which rules out the crying out of pity.
Though the tears are fake but crocodile weeps.

Saskay cried while eating

silibaba:
Just a FIGURE OF SPEECH

Every figure of speech has a reason; maybe old beliefs or history

Charmingrascal:


Crocodile cries. Especially when it's out of the water for long, its eyes dry out and to remain lubricated it weeps.
Also crocodile cries when it attacks its prey (i.e they shed tears when they're feeding) however it is not clear whether they cry out of pity for their victim or out of excitement.
But it is believed that no one will be eating and be crying which rules out the crying out of pity.
Though the tears are fake but crocodile weeps.

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Sonnobax15:

Who no finish school no dey hard to know

If you go school,say your teacher teach you idiomatic expressions,you go suppose know the meaning of this idiom......

Must crocodile shed tears first before false tears will be accrued to it.....we all know a crocodile to be an aphibian..
So when it comes out of water,the process of splashing water out of his body, that's the meaning of shedding false tears

Olodo

Crocodiles don't cry... Any water you see on their eye is coming from the environment there are coming out from

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Enskynelson:
Because crocodile never cries

Even if they cry you can't see it

I think it is due to its habit of staying motionless for a very long time with mouth wide open,which could be misconstrued as it's being dead. This could make it's prey get too close for easy capture. That is, it pretends to be dead as a ploy to make it's prey move close enough for capture.

TheWolfen:
Because it is fake tears. Have you seen a croc sad or show love? Crocodiles practically shows no emotions like other animals. Hence the crocodile tears.
Fake tears

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EmperorTolson:
Which one are we going to believe now?

You ask Waec-type question - the answer is supposed to be in the options given but you get confused going through the options and you go back to the question again and keep going back and forth like that until you hear "you have (five) minutes left."

Sonnobax15:

Who no finish school no dey hard to know

If you go school,say your teacher teach you idiomatic expressions,you go suppose know the meaning of this idiom......

Must crocodile shed tears first before false tears will be accrued to it.....we all know a crocodile to be an aphibian..
So when it comes out of water,the process of splashing water out of his body, that's the meaning of shedding false tears

Crocodile is of Class: Reptilia

andyblinks05:
As the topic says....why is it called so? Do crocodile shed tears at all

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Top6074:
I think it is due to its habit of staying motionless for a very long time with mouth wide open,which could be misconstrued as it's being dead. This could make it's prey get too close for easy capture. That is, it pretends to be dead as a ploy to make it's prey move close enough for capture.

Really?

Is this how you comprehend and answer questions?

Read and re-read what you typed?

ClassicMan202:


Exactly... Because crocodiles don't cry, if you see any tears on their face, just know its fake

You don't even see tears. You see water dripping down.

doggedfighter:


Really?

Is this how you comprehend and answer questions?

Read and re-read what you typed?

Lol. E shock me too

chatinent:


Lol. E shock me too

That one will be calling lecturer sadist too

Crocodiles do actually cry. When they spend enough time out of the water, their eyes dry out so they weep to keep them lubricated. The belief started that the crocodiles only shed these tears when attacking and eating their victims, either as a trap to lure in their prey or out of emotion for their violent act.

Source: https://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-egypt/why-do-we-say-crocodile-tears/

Enskynelson:
Because crocodile never cries

And if they do, fish would have cried too.

Well, you're right.

Enskynelson:
Because crocodile never cries

The phrase derives from an ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey, and as such is present in many modern languages, especially in Europe where it was introduced through Latin.

ClassicMan202:


Exactly... Because crocodiles don't cry, if you see any tears on their face, just know its fake

Just know its ordinary water saltless.

ClassicMan202:


Exactly... Because crocodiles don't cry, if you see any tears on their face, just know its fake

Just know its ordinary water saltless.