read my lips

Meaning

1. used to tell sb to listen carefully to what you are saying

   Read my lips: no new taxes (= I promise there will be no new taxes).

In the movies · 3

• Read my lips. Don't come to Sal's no more.Do the Right Thing1989
• Read my lips - night-mare.What Women Want2000
• - Did you say alligators? - Read my lips... alligators.The Muppet Movie1979

Learn it in full scenes

• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded

From the same entry

• read between the lines
• read like a book
• read the Riot Act
• take it as read
• read back
• read into
• read on
• read out
• read over
• read up