Meaning of read between the lines | Babel Free

Definitions

To infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“If you read between the lines a little, you will realize that he has deeper motives.”

“The next day he made incantation, and distorted the miracle of the loaves and fishes till it became prophecy, and I, reading between the lines, saw that it was aimed at the wealth of meat stored in my caches.”

““I’m quite of your opinion,” Miss Van Vluyck came briskly to her support; “on condition, that is, that all grossness of language is avoided.” “Oh, I’m sure we shall understand without that,” Mrs. Leveret tittered; and Laura Glyde added significantly: “I fancy we can read between the lines,” while Mrs. Ballinger rose to assure herself that the doors were really closed.”

““Yes. And if you had as much sense as the talking parrot I owned once you would have read between the lines that all I wanted you here for was to tell you what I think of you.””

“I know you read between the lines / When them up there say it's all fine”

““Trust is as trust does. I tend to be extremely literal in what I say … One does not [need]^([sic]) to read between the lines. One can simply read the lines,” Musk said in the meeting, according to a tweet from Nola Weinstein, Twitter’s global head of brand experiences and engagement.”

“If you could see behind my eyes / You'd see the truth inside the lies / And if you read between the lines / You'd see I'm running from my mind”

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