lie ill in one's mouth

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lie ill in one's mouth (third-person singular simple present lies ill in one's mouth, present participle lying ill in one's mouth, simple past lay ill in one's mouth, past participle lain ill in one's mouth)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To sound artificial or contradictory.
    • 2005 December 5, Brian Moore, “Little to be gained from this type of southern comfort”, in The Telegraph:
      Connolly himself proved the complete pragmatist and it lies ill in his mouth to rail against lack of creativity when his influence has contributed to it.