他的信看似十分友好热情，但如果从字里行间去找却能读出其言外之意，他并不真正欢迎我们去他家。 His letter sounds friendly enough, but if you read between the lines, you will see that he doesn't really welcome us to his home.
我按字面意思去理解他的话，但实际上他另有言外之意。 I took what he said literally, but he really meant something else.
