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Select the most appropriate idiom to replace the underlined group of words in the given sentence.
It was apparent that she was faking sorrow at the death of her stepdaughter.

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shedding crocodile tears Correct biting her own tongue cutting the mustard calling a spade, a spade

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'It was apparent that' means shedding crocodile tears; idiom figurative, not literal meaning.

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Select the most appropriate idiom to replace the underlined group of words in the given sentence. It was apparent that she was faking sorrow at the death of her stepdaughter.

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Select the most appropriate idiom to replace the underlined group of words in the given sentence.
It was apparent that she was faking sorrow at the death of her stepdaughter.