Friday, September 7, 2012

OhMyIdiom (?) 'Read Between The Lines'

Ok, today's idiom.

aah copy & paste..


Meaning: When you read between the lines you try to understand what someone implies, but doesn't openly state, when they say or write something.
For example:
  • I got a letter from Robyn and she isn't happy. She didn't say anything but I could tell by reading between the lines that something's wrong.
  • A good writer doesn't tell the reader everything directly but leaves it up to the reader to figure things out for themselves by reading between the lines.


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Based on my personal experience (and my girlfriend), I am a kind of guy who doesn't always get what people usually want to tell me, i.e. I did not get their hint. So.. I seldom read between the lines on the things people implied to me.

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