יָצָא מִיְּדֵי פְּשׁוּטוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Depart from its plain meaning/ to be given a distorted meaning

הגדרה (אנגלית)

To receive an interpretation that goes beyond the literal meaning of the written words; to take on a broader meaning than what was actually said.

("Rava said: Although throughout the entire Torah a verse does not depart from its plain meaning, here a gezerah shavah comes and..." - Yevamot 24a; and likewise: "This incident does not depart from its plain meaning, and so it was..." - Mendele Mocher Sforim / Travel of Benjamin the Third, 5, 43; and likewise: "Even though the incident cannot be taken away from its plain meaning, it can be expounded" - Agnon / A City and Its Fullness, 618)