etymology - Where did the expression playing the worlds smallest . . . Here's a 1964 reference to the world's smallest violin in Travel magazine: RIPLEY GOES TO CANADA New Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum in Niagara Falls, Ont , is located on Clifton Hill, boasts possession of such unusual oddities as world's smallest violin — presumably for playing saddest song
A word for fake sympathy? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A common two-word phrase for this concept is " mock sympathy ", which often goes along with the phrase or hand gesture of "playing the world's smallest violin " For single words, the only terms I can think of are ones that refer to sarcasm in general, rather than false expressions of sympathy in particular: scorn, sarcasm, mocking
Generic form of first world problems World's Smallest Violin (also called "How Sad" or "World's Smallest Violin Playing Hearts and Flowers") is made by rubbing the thumb and forefinger together, to imitate bowing a violin This gesture is used to express sarcasm and lack of sympathy, in response to someone exaggerating a sad story or unfair treatment
meaning - Idioms similar to crocodile tears - English Language . . . Victim: "No What?" You: "It's the world's smallest violin playing just for you " Explanation Violin music is often the musical score accompanying sad scenes in movies when the audience is supposed to feel sadness or sorrow for the characters Example Here is an example in full context from the film Resevoir Dogs by Quintin Tarantino
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