Out-positive / Friendship url
Hot talk
- You’re hot stuff.
- You’re cute as a button.
- You’re a real knock-out.
- Your eyes are as blue as the sky.
- I could hug you to death.
- You’re a sweetie pie.
- I’m going to sweep you off your feet.
Hot talk
In-positive / Confidence url
To a child going in for an operation
- It’ll be over before you know it.
- It’s all going to work out.
- It’s going to be alright.
- It’ll happen before you know it.
- We’ll pull you through it fine.
- It should be smooth sailing ahead.
- We’re in the best of hands.
- You don’t have to worry about a thing.
- You’ll be very well taken care of.
To a child going in for an operation
In-negative / Desperation url
Running away from the Cossacks
- I’m knee deep in alligators.
- I’ve got to get a handle on the situation before it’s too late.
- The people around me are dropping like flies.
- I’m going out of my mind.
- It’s a matter of life and death.
- I’m overcome with fear.
- I just can’t deal with it anymore.
- What going on here?
- I just can’t put up with it any longer.
- It’s every man for himself.
- What else have I got?
Running away from the Cossacks
In-positive / Realizing url
Seeing what stocks it would have been best to buy
- It’s slowly beginning to come into focus.
- Chalk that one up to experience.
- I’m beginning to see the situation more clearly.
- It’s as clear as clear can be.
- Now that sheds some light on the subject.
- It’s the key to everything.
- That answers that $64,000 question.
- That explains it.
- I now see things through new eyes.
Seeing what stocks it would have been best to buy
In-negative / Disappointment url
Losing money in a scam
- I had a sneaking suspicion that it was too good to be true.
- What is the world coming to?
- I wasn’t thinking straight.
- I’ll be the first to admit, what I did wasn’t too bright.
- Is nothing sacred?
- There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark.
- It stinks to high heaven.
- I should be ashamed of myself.
- I’m old enough to know better.
- It killed my appetite.
- How did I get into this mess?
- That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
- I feel used, betrayed, and double-crossed.
- Boy, now I’m really in a pickle.
- They really took me to the cleaners.
- I’m down in the dumps.
- It's taken the wind out of my sails.
Losing money in a scam
Out-neutral / Advice url
Let it go
- Don’t prolong the agony.
- Get your mind off the subject.
- Let yourself go.
- Let it all hang out.
- Don’t dwell on it.
- Go with the flow.
- Let it flow freely.
- Put it all behind you.
- The best thing is to roll with the punches.
- A watched pot never boils.
Let it go
In-positive / Confidence url
Promise that will be on time
- I give you my word.
- We’re on our way.
- I will, I promise.
- I’ll see to that.
- You can bet on it.
- You have nothing to worry about.
- Take my word for it.
- It’s nothing I can’t handle.
- There’s no question about it.
Promise that will be on time
Out-neutral / Advice url
Restraint-1
- Don’t get carried away.
- Hold your tongue.
- Just cool it.
- Just sit tight Pause for a moment.
- Keep your cool.
- Don’t make waves.
- It’s best to bite your tongue.
- Silence is golden.
- Bite your tongue.
- Somethings are better left unsaid.
- Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Restraint-1
Out-neutral / Advice url
Others - Care for them
- Give her what she needs.
- You’re holding him back.
- Treat him with kid gloves.
- Break it to him gently.
- Share and share alike.
- Give him a second chance.
Others - Care for them
In-neutral / Acceptance url
Taking bad tasting medicine
- It all goes into the same stomach.
- Life’s not a bowl of cherries.
- Is that so terrible?
- It could be worse.
- It’s not all that bad.
- You have to take the good with the bad.
Taking bad tasting medicine
Out-positive / Agreement url
I need you to stop looking at your cell phone while you’re talking to me
- You have my undivided attention.
- I hear you loud and clear.
- You’ve got a good point there.
- That sounds fair to me.
- You have my word.
- I’m slowly coming around to your way of seeing things.
- As you wish.
- I know what you mean.
- I can relate to that.
- I stand corrected.
- I read you loud and clear.
I need you to stop looking at your cell phone while you’re talking to me
In-negative / Explaining url
Apartment is a mess
- I can only do what I can do.
- I try not the pay attention to these things.
- What difference does it make anyway?
- There’s a method to the madness.
- I’m getting nowhere fast.
- I’m on a tight schedule, and it just doesn’t leave me time for these things.
- I’m strapped for time.
- You can understand, can’t you?
- In the large scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter, does it?
- I just have a different set of priorities than you do.
- I haven’t gotten around to it yet.
- Out of sight, out of mind.
- At least I know where everything is.
Apartment is a mess