Japanese proverb

If you believe everything you read, better not read.

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read over

[read over] {v. phr.} To read hurriedly in a rather superficial manner. * /The professor said he had no time to read my essay thoroughly but that he had read […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

read off

[read off] {v. phr.} To read in a speaking voice from a list. * /The secretary read off the names of those present in alphabetical order./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

read one like a book

[read one like a book] {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand someone completely; know what he will think or do at any time. * /John's girlfriend could read him like a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

read between the lines

[read between the lines] {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer's meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some kinds of poetry make you read between […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Yiddish curse

Leeches should drink him dry.