read between the lines

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Verb

read between the lines (third-person singular simple present reads between the lines, present participle reading between the lines, simple past and past participle read between the lines)

1. (idiomatic) To infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly.

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

Translations

infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly

• Arabic: قَرَأَ مَا بَيْنَ السُّطُور‎ (qaraʾa mā bayna s-suṭūr)
• Asturian: lleer ente llínies
• Azerbaijani: sətirarası oxumaq
• Basque: lerro artean irakurri
• Belarusian: чытаць паміж радкоў (čytacʹ pamiž radkóŭ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體會言外之意, 体会言外之意 (tǐhuì yánwàizhīyì)

• Czech: číst mezi řádky
• Esperanto: legi inter la linioj (legi interlinie)
• Estonian: ridade vahelt lugema
• Finnish: lukea rivien välistä
• French: lire entre les lignes (fr)
• German: zwischen den Zeilen lesen (de)
• Hungarian: olvas a sorok között
• Icelandic: lesa á milli línanna
• Italian: leggere tra le righe, leggere fra le righe
• Japanese: 行間を読む (ja) (gyōkan o yomu)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: lasīt starp rindām
• Lithuanian: skaityti tarp eilučių
• Malayalam: ഒളിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന അർത്ഥങ്ങൾ കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക (oḷiccirikkunna artthaṅṅaḷ kaṇṭupiṭikkuka)
• Polish: czytać między wierszami (pl)
• Portuguese: ler nas entrelinhas
• Russian: чита́ть ме́жду строк (ru) (čitátʹ méždu strok)
• Scottish Gaelic: leugh eadar na sreathan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чѝтати и̏змеђу ре̏до̄ва̄

  Roman: čìtati ȉzmeđu rȅdōvā

• Slovene: brati med vrsticami
• Spanish: leer entre líneas (es)
• Swedish: läsa mellan raderna (sv)
• Turkish: satır aralarını okumak pl
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can