lie ill in one's mouth
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editlie 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)
- (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[1]:
- 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.