Idiom
read minds
Meaning
To read people's minds (in general).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I wish I could read minds to know what you want.”
“Do not expect me to read minds; you need to tell me exactly what is wrong.”
“The detective often felt as though he could read minds, sensing the hidden anxieties of the suspects during his interrogations.”
Examples
simple
“I wish I could read minds to know what you want.”
contextual
“Do not expect me to read minds; you need to tell me exactly what is wrong.”
complex
“The detective often felt as though he could read minds, sensing the hidden anxieties of the suspects during his interrogations.”
Origin
From read someone's mind.
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