Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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READ (SMTH.) INTO (SMTH.)
to give some meaning to smth. that is not justified; to imagine some significance that doesn’t exist
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1. Let me tell you what Scott said to me and then tell me how you would interpret it. Am I reading more into it than I should?
2. When the lifeguard passed by and said hello to the young girl, she was convinced that he was in love with her. She was reading something into his hello that wasn’t there, because he said hello to everyone. Compare to: read between the lines. The expression suggests that one can see meaning in some action or something said or written that is not actually there. |
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