Read between the lines

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 16
Meaning

To understand something that is not said outright

हिंदी अर्थ

छिपा अर्थ समझना

Example sentences

Read between the lines and the whole order changes meaning.

To read between the lines is a skill and not a suspicion.

Daily use: Iska matlab chhupa arth samajhna.

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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

जो lines पर लिखा है वह खुलकर कहा गया है; असली बात lines के बीच छिपी है। Read between the lines यानी जो सीधे नहीं कहा गया, उस hidden meaning को समझना।

What is written on the lines is said openly; the real message sits in the space between them. Reading between the lines means understanding what is not said outright, the hidden meaning.

Exam note

यह बहुत बार पूछा गया है। Options में understand the hidden meaning, tacit और insinuation आते हैं; literal trap है।

Asked very often. Options include 'understand the hidden meaning', 'tacit' and 'insinuation'; 'literal' is the trap.

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