crocodile

Winston Churchill once said “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile—hoping it will eat him last.”

On another trip, a defiant caiman (a South American crocodile) devours his mosquito net.

One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.

The bags themselves were covetable items as ever, relying on highest-quality material: ostrich and crocodile.

The insatiable crocodile of Israeli colonialism is far too fat.

What we shall do if an Indian springs from behind the bushes, or a crocodile comes out of the sedge, I don't know.

As they looked toward the spot, the fearful head and jaws of a crocodile could be seen reaching up out of the water.

No Indian sprang from the bush, no crocodile came out of the sedge; and the river was crossed without one of them being drowned.

All at once, a crocodile appeared close to the boat, capsized it, and with open jaws was ready to devour the man.

Because in far distant times he saved the life of a Chinaman from the fury of a crocodile.