他的信看似十分友好熱情，但如果從字里行間去找卻能讀出其言外之意，他并不真正歡迎我們去他家。 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話，但實際上他另有言外之意。 I took what he said literally, but he really meant something else.
