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You probably mean "reading between the lines." This means looking for non-literal meaning.
For example, if you asked someone to dinner and she said, "Thanks, but I have to wash my car this evening," you could read between the lines and realize that she probably didn't want to come to dinner with you.
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∙ 14y ago
"Reading the lines" can refer to interpreting someone's body language or facial expressions to understand their true feelings or emotions, or it can refer to analyzing a text to understand its meaning or subtext.
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∙ 12y agoIf you are referring to the phrase "read between the lines" it can mean a number of things.
The first, and most used in a literary context, is that when someone asks you to "read between the lines" they are asking you to look beyond the first impression, and search for deeper meaning.
The second is used in a negative and rude way, where if someone raises their pointer, middle, and ring finger at you, and asks you to "read between the lines" they are demanding that you look at their middle finger, between the other two fingers (lines). This is then an abusive gesture.
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