read (someone) the tea leaves

Translations
читать (кому-то) чайные листья
She loved to read people's tea leaves at gatherings.
Она любила читать чайные листья людям на собраниях.
Definitions
To interpret signs, clues, or subtle hints in order to predict what might happen in the future, often based on limited or ambiguous information. The phrase originates from the practice of reading patterns left by tea leaves in a cup to tell someone's fortune.
Words
read

verb
читать
someone

pronoun
кому-то
the

article or possessive pronoun
эти
tea

noun
чайные
leaves

noun
листья