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About Others – Negative-3

  1. She’s crying her head off.
  2. She’s a basket case.
  3. I think he’s gone bananas, and he’s lost some of his marbles.
  4. He’s stubborn as a mule.
  5. She’s cold as a cucumber.
  6. He has no one to blame but himself.
  7. He’s an old fuddy-duddy.
  8. It’s bottled up inside of him.
  9. They’re at each others throats again.
  10. When he found out he was white as a sheet.
  11. I think she’s green with envy.
  12. A fool and his money are soon parted.
  13. Misery loves company.

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Caution-3

  1. We’ve got to lay low for a while until the whole things blows over.
  2. Play your cards close to your vest.
  3. It’ll come back to haunt you.
  4. My advice is to keep your eye on it.
  5. You might regret it for the rest of your life.
  6. You’re fighting a loosing battle.
  7. Take everything they say with a grain of salt.
  8. Your life may depend on it.
  9. I have a feeling that you might be starting off on the wrong foot.
  10. Handle it with kid gloves.
  11. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
  12. You really have to watch out for things like that.
  13. Steer clear of it.
  14. You’re skating on thin ice.
  15. Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.
  16. The odds are against you.
  17. There are no guarantees.
  18. It will get you when you least expect it.
  19. He’s not playing with a full deck.
  20. That defeats the whole purpose.
  21. It's unpredictable, and it’s a close call, going down to the wire, and we might not have a clear indication of where it's heading until the last minute - and then it might be too late to change course to salvage the situation.

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Restraint-3

  1. Loose lips sink ships.
  2. Don’t get all worked up.
  3. Take it easy!
  4. Keep it under wraps.
  5. Don’t spill the beans.
  6. Grab a hold of yourself, don’t you have any self-control?
  7. Keep it to yourself.
  8. Don’t go overboard.
  9. You can’t take the law into your own hands.
  10. You got a good thing going, and I wouldn’t drop it so fast if I were you.
  11. Let it drop.

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You will win

  1. I’m at your mercy.
  2. You saw through me.
  3. You’ve got me in the palm of your hand.
  4. I’ve painted myself into a corner that I can’t get out of.
  5. OK, I give in, you win, what’s next?
  6. You’re making out like a bandit.
  7. You have me over a barrel.

You will win

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About Others – Negative-2

  1. She’s as skinny as a rail.
  2. She’s as cold as a fish.
  3. He’s loosing his nerve.
  4. She’s gone overboard, and I don’t see that there’s any restraint in what she’s doing.
  5. He’s torn apart inside.
  6. She’s crying her eyes out.
  7. She wouldn’t lift a finger.
  8. I don’t think he’ll be very pleased.
  9. I feel bad for him.
  10. He’s really off the wall.
  11. He’s having trouble making ends meet.
  12. His stomach’s a bottomless pit.
  13. He thinks that everything is coming to him.

About Others – Negative-2

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Can you see my viewpoint?

  1. Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?
  2. Do you read me?
  3. Am I getting through to you?
  4. Do I make myself clear?
  5. Are we on the same page?
  6. Do you get the picture?
  7. Do you know what I mean?
  8. Do you see what I mean?
  9. How does that grab you?
  10. Will you consider it?
  11. Do you understand?
  12. How can I make you understand?
  13. You can understand, can’t you?
  14. Catch my drift?
  15. Will that present a problem?
  16. Does that ring a bell?
  17. Will you think about what I said?
  18. First off, let’s make sure that we’re on the same page.
  19. I’m just letting you know that this is how I see the situation.
  20. I'm just trying to be helpful.

Can you see my viewpoint?

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You’re not negotiating well-3

  1. That’s a low blow.
  2. I have to watch you like a hawk.
  3. I feel like I’m being rail-roaded into it.
  4. Who are you trying to kid?
  5. I don’t trust you any more than I can throw you.
  6. Now you’re showing your true colors.
  7. Don’t point the finger at me.
  8. I’ll give you one more chance.
  9. Why open up old wounds?
  10. I know how you operate.
  11. Where do you come from saying something like that to me?
  12. Wait just one cotton pickin’ minute.
  13. That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.
  14. I suspect that you might have an ace up your sleeve.

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Be Resourceful

  1. Try to find a clever solution that would be like killing two birds with one stone.
  2. Here's an idea that you might find useful.
  3. Fight fire with fire.
  4. You should have thought of that before, but now you'll have to make up for lost time.
  5. Hold onto it, because you never know when it will come in handy.
  6. Drink some coffee, or take a quick nap, and that might perk you up.
  7. If you put your thinking cap on, maybe you’ll come up with a creative solution.
  8. Rise to the occasion.
  9. Put your thinking cap on.
  10. Try to come up with an 'out-of-the-box' solution.
  11. I came up with idea from out of the blue.
  12. I think that a solution to this problem might require a paradigm shift, a whole new way of looking at the situation.
  13. Ahah!

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Realistic-1

  1. Try to be realistic, don’t be fooled by wishful thinking.
  2. You’re kidding yourself.
  3. You can only go so far.
  4. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
  5. Life’s not fun and games.
  6. In my opinion, you’re just fooling yourself.
  7. I’m just suggesting that you should look at your options again, because in the long run, I think you’re setting yourself up for endless let downs.
  8. Try to see the situation for what it is, because it’s better if you don’t have to learn that the hard way.
  9. It’s a question you have to ask yourself.
  10. You have to be realistic.
  11. You’re living in a fool’s paradise.
  12. The reason your ideas are not more successful is that they are all half-baked.
  13. You’re spending money like it was going out of style.

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Others - Protect yourself-2

  1. Write him off.
  2. Don’t let him stand in your way.
  3. Don’t let him off so easy.
  4. He sure is fickle.
  5. Give him the cold shoulder.
  6. Now you have your chance to get even.
  7. Don’t turn your back on him.
  8. Without you realizing it, he’s been robbing you blind.
  9. Head him off at the pass.
  10. Don’t mess with him when he’s in a bad mood because he has a short fuse.
  11. Steer clear of him when he has that look in his eyes.
  12. He’s nutty as a fruitcake.
  13. I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.

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Lighten up

  1. Don’t work so hard.
  2. Do it the easy way.
  3. Lighten up.
  4. Don’t take it so seriously.
  5. Why make things more complicated than they really are?
  6. Take the easy way out.

Lighten up

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Try to see my viewpoint-1

  1. Look at it through my eyes.
  2. Just think about it.
  3. Listen to reason.
  4. Let me put it another way.
  5. Look at it from my point of view.
  6. I hope that’s not too much to ask.
  7. See how you like it.
  8. That just about covers it.
  9. I want something to show for it.
  10. I’d be lying if I said otherwise.
  11. What’s fair is fair.

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