Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Strategize-1

  1. What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.
  2. Save the best for last.
  3. What you don’t know can hurt you.
  4. As long as you’re going to take the time to do it, you might as well do it right.
  5. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
  6. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
  7. The ends don't justify the means.
  8. Put it to work for you.
  9. It’s important to just go through proper channels.
  10. The first step is to take a firm grasp on the situation.
  11. An elephant never forgets.
  12. It takes money to make money.
  13. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
  14. All is fair in love and war.
  15. The best way to approach this problem is to use the technique of divide and conquer.
  16. If you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one.
  17. You can’t focus on everything at once.

Strategize-1

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

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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In-positive / Realizing url

Seeing who won the election

  1. It’s all coming together.
  2. It’s long overdue.
  3. The results are in, and no one is more surprised that I am.
  4. That explains everything.
  5. I could feel it in my bones.
  6. Stop the presses, we finally see the naked truth.
  7. I shouldn’t be surprised.
  8. That’s just what I thought.
  9. Now the truth comes out.

Seeing who won the election

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In-negative / Doubt url

To a friend who won’t leave the house at 2AM

  1. Can’t you take a hint?
  2. Don’t overstay your welcome.
  3. Sometimes it’s best just to call it a day.
  4. All good things must come to an end.
  5. There’s a time for everything.
  6. Too much of a good thing is not good.
  7. I can’t wait around all night for you to make up your mind.
  8. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.

To a friend who won’t leave the house at 2AM

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In-negative / Doubt url

Someone offers you original painting for 1/10th the price

  1. I suspect that you have something up in your sleeve.
  2. Give me a break!
  3. You must be kidding me.
  4. What’s the catch?
  5. I’ve heard that song and dance story before.
  6. Do you mean to tell me that you’re up to your old tricks again?
  7. Are you trying to pull a fast one?
  8. That sounds too good to be true.
  9. What do you take me for?

Someone offers you original painting for 1/10th the price

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In-negative / Doubt url

When a friend says he’s going to climb Mt. Everest

  1. Fat chance!
  2. You’re putting me on.
  3. You can’t be serious.
  4. Are you kidding me?
  5. Now I’ve heard everything.
  6. Are you sure you know what you’re doing?
  7. It’s a nice idea, but are you sure you’re up to it.
  8. Are you sure you’ve got what it takes?

When a friend says he’s going to climb Mt. Everest

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Out-negative / Anger url

You have gone too far

  1. I think you’ve gone just a little bit too far this time.
  2. You’re in big trouble.
  3. Are you threatening me?
  4. Now that was a cheap shot.
  5. You’re down right nasty.
  6. Aren’t you carrying this a bit too far?
  7. Who the heck do you think you are?
  8. Stop that hanky-panky.
  9. Don’t you have a shred of decency?
  10. Is nothing sacred anymore?
  11. How can anyone in his right mind say something like what you just said.

You have gone too far

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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Hearing the stock market went down

  1. I don’t know if it’s of comfort to any of us, but we’re all in the same boat.
  2. I have no gripe and no regrets, because I went into the situation with my eyes wide open.
  3. You win some you loose some.
  4. I can live with that.
  5. That’s show biz.
  6. What goes up has to come down.
  7. Oh, well.
  8. I saw the handwriting on the wall.

Hearing the stock market went down

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Out-neutral / Observation url

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.

About Others – Negative-3

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a friend, both of you considering starting a business together

  1. This is a golden opportunity to make the most of the situation for the long haul.
  2. Success is sometimes a long drawn-out process.
  3. Let’s take one step at a time, and climb one mountain at a time.
  4. As they say, it’s not the mountain in front of us that makes us hesitate, but the pebble in our shoe.
  5. At any rate it’s worth a try.
  6. Now we’re cooking with gas.
  7. The rest is up to us.
  8. There’s no harm in trying.
  9. Let’s put our mind to it, and there’s nothing we can’t do.
  10. I think we’re onto something.
  11. This work is tailored to our needs and abilities.
  12. It will happen before you know it.

To a friend, both of you considering starting a business together

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In-negative / Confusion url

Lost in a forest

  1. I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.
  2. Do you think that we’re getting anywhere?
  3. What am I supposed to do?
  4. I can’t figure out what’s going on, and I feel like I’m shooting in the dark.
  5. How am I going to pull this off?
  6. I’m on a wild goose chase.
  7. What are we going to do now?
  8. So now what do I do?
  9. What’s going on?
  10. I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Lost in a forest

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In-positive / Confidence url

After finding way out of the forest

  1. Throughout the whole situation I was cool as a cucumber.
  2. It went off without a hitch.
  3. I’m sure it’s going to be smooth sailing ahead.
  4. It won’t happen again.
  5. I’m a better person after what I’ve learned from this experience.
  6. Sometimes we learn the most from our challenges.
  7. Climbing up the mountain took the wind out of me, and I had to rest for an hour before continuing my trek.

After finding way out of the forest