read my lips —(may sound slightly impolite) listen closely to what I am saying:
- Let me repeat myself this once, and Zepp, be sure to read my lips as I do so.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase read me—
1. (in radio communication) hear my voice; hear my message:
- Come in Mike H. from Wellington, New Zealand, do you read me, over?
2. (also: read my mind) know what I am thinking:
- He’s said before that he can always read me, that anyone can read me. That I’m almost too open for my own good.
read someone’s lips—know what people are saying by looking at the shapes their lips make when they talk:
- We can hear words being spoken to us or read someone’s lips to interpret what they are saying if we are hearing impaired.