to read one's lips

Definición y significado de "read one's lips"en inglés

to read one's lips
01

to observe the shape and movements of someone's lips in order to interpret and understand what they are saying

to [read] {one's} lips definition and meaning
CollocationCollocation
example
Ejemplos
To understand the foreign language speaker, she had to read his lips carefully.
He was so far away that she had to resort to reading his lips to grasp the message.
read my lips
read my lips
01

used to ask a person to pay attention to one's words and believe them

read my lips definition and meaning
IdiomIdiom
InformalInformal
example
Ejemplos
Read my lips, there will be no changes to the company's vacation policy this year, " the CEO announced.
I'm telling you, I will not accept any more excuses — read my lips, we need this project completed by Friday.
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