“鳄鱼的眼泪”之说从何而来？
<p><span word="If">If</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="crying">crying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attempt">attempt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fake">fake</span> <span word="remorse">remorse</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="empathy">empathy</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="shedding">shedding</span> “<span word="crocodile">crocodile</span> <span word="tears">tears</span>.” <span word="But">But</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="pegging">pegging</span> <span word="insincere">insincere</span> <span word="displays">displays</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emotion">emotion</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="toothy">toothy</span> <span word="reptiles">reptiles</span>?</p><p>如果某人哭泣是为了装出悔过或同情的样子，我们就说他们掉的是“鳄鱼的眼泪”。但是我们是怎样又是为何会把不真诚的感情流露和鳄鱼联系在一起的呢？</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="origin">origin</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> 14<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bestselling">bestselling</span> <span word="memoir">memoir</span>, <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Voyage">Voyage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Travel">Travel</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sir">Sir</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="Mandeville">Mandeville</span>, <span word="referenced">referenced</span> <span word="serpents">serpents</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="sob">sob</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="eating">eating</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="victims">victims</span>.</p><p>这个说法大约是在14世纪开始流行起来的，当时有一本畅销的回忆录叫《约翰·曼德维尔爵士的航海旅行》，里面提到蛇在吃人的时候会流泪。</p>
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