take something out of context 斷章取義

take something out of context
繁：斷章取義
简：断章取义

他強調，大家必須理解，任何一種言論都必須視乎當時的語境，不應斷章取義，更不能過分解讀，自己所說的「殺」，應被解讀為同音字煞停的「煞」，而非「殺人」的「殺」，「絕無0.0001%鼓吹動武」，沒有慫恿他人使用任何武力，「我冇壞企圖，係嫉惡如仇。」

反「港獨」「殺無赦」 何君堯盼勿斷章取義（2017年9月19日）。文匯報，取自http://news.wenweipo.com/2017/09/19/IN1709190065.htm

Ho said in an interview at a rally on Sunday that “if [independence-seekers] are not killed, what else are we to do?”. He argued that “it’s not a crime to slaughter pigs or dogs” and warned the journalists not to take his comments out of context.

Pan-dems call for action against Junius Ho. (2017, September 18). Radio Television Hong Kong. Retrieved from http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1354677-20170918.htm