Total Phrases- 4535
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In-negative / Disappointment url

Entrepreneur folding company

  1. It doesn’t seem to be getting off the ground.
  2. This is the end of the line.
  3. I’m washing my hands of the whole thing.
  4. It’s going to be rough, but it’s better than the alternative.
  5. We spent all that money and effort on our plans, and look where it got us – nowhere.
  6. I’m not exactly overjoyed.
  7. It wasn’t for a lack of effort.
  8. I think I can speak for all of us that I’m just sick about what happened.
  9. Frankly, perhaps I’m just chicken to go see what happens if we continue It would be throwing good money after bad.
  10. We put our best into it, but it seems that it just wasn’t enough.
  11. Sometimes one just has to call it quits.
  12. It turned out that it was little, too late.

Entrepreneur folding company

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Out-negative / Annoyed url

You are lying-2

  1. I find that hard to believe.
  2. You mean to tell me…?
  3. There’s something fishy going on here.
  4. That’s phony baloney.
  5. You can’t pull the wool over my eyes.
  6. Come on, spill the beans and tell me the truth.
  7. You’ve been caught in your own web of lies.
  8. I don’t trust you as far as I can throw you.
  9. Now what are you trying to pull?
  10. Don’t think you can get away with by just sweeping it under the carpet.
  11. Don’t try to fool me.
  12. Who are you trying to kid?
  13. That’s ridiculous.
  14. You are lying through your teeth.

You are lying-2

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Out-positive / Agreement url

Don’t you think there’s too much hate in the country between people?

  1. I feel exactly the same way.
  2. That goes without saying.
  3. Everybody knows that!
  4. I think you hit the nail right on the head.
  5. You very well may be right.
  6. You can say that again!
  7. That's as plain as the nose on your face.
  8. That's for sure.
  9. I couldn't have said it better myself.
  10. I know exactly how you feel.

Don’t you think there’s too much hate in the country between people?

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

I see your point of view

  1. I understand your position.
  2. I got the point.
  3. You’ve made your point.
  4. You started me thinking.
  5. That’s a point well taken.
  6. You have a point.
  7. I must say, that is very tempting.
  8. That sounds like a reasonable alternative.
  9. OK, sounds like a plan.
  10. I must admit that what you are saying has the ring of truth.

I see your point of view

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Out-positive / Agreement url

If I get another junk phone call, I think I’ll scream

  1. I think that would be a totally appropriate and natural response.
  2. That’s totally understandable.
  3. I don’t blame you.
  4. I know the feeling.
  5. I feel exactly the same way.
  6. Same here.
  7. I fully understand that.

If I get another junk phone call, I think I’ll scream

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Out-negative / Annoyed url

You are wrong-2

  1. This is highway robbery.
  2. I think you owe me an apology.
  3. I think what you are doing stinks.
  4. You’ve got it backwards.
  5. You’ve got some nerve.
  6. How could you even think of doing this?
  7. There’s no excuse for it.
  8. That was uncalled for.
  9. I ought to pity you.
  10. That was uncalled for!
  11. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

You are wrong-2

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In-positive / Surprise url

A friend becomes president of the company

  1. Goodness gracious.
  2. Well what do you know?
  3. It’s too good to be true.
  4. For goodness sakes.
  5. For heaven’s sake.
  6. It took us all by surprise.

A friend becomes president of the company

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Calm down

  1. You’re too up tight.
  2. Loosen up.
  3. Don’t get hot under the collar.
  4. Don’t take leave of your senses.
  5. Don’t let your imagination run away with itself.
  6. Get a handle on it.
  7. Don’t blow your cool.
  8. Don’t be so hard on yourself.
  9. Don’t worry, you’ll get over it.
  10. Stop feeling sorry for yourself!
  11. Don’t mope around.
  12. Try and catch your breath.
  13. You shouldn’t go around like a chicken with its head cut off.
  14. Don’t worry about it, it was a freak occurrence, and chances are it’ll never happen again.
  15. Take a deep breath, and try to pull yourself together.

Calm down

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In-negative / Desperation url

Losing a lot of money in the stock market

  1. They’ve got the deck stacked against us.
  2. I’ve been cut off at the knees.
  3. So much of the time I feel that I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t.
  4. I’m behind the eight ball.
  5. Boy, was that a mistake.
  6. Back to the salt mines.
  7. I feel like I’ve been raked over the coals.
  8. I’m running out of steam.

Losing a lot of money in the stock market

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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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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Someone dropping the vase

  1. I don’t blame you for it.
  2. Boys will be boys.
  3. It’s over and done with.
  4. There’s one in every crowd.
  5. The damage is done.
  6. Things are rough all over.
  7. It’s not my place to judge.
  8. It’s been known to happen.
  9. I guess we’re just going to have to live without it.

Someone dropping the vase

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who won the race for State Senator against a more popular candidate

  1. You came out smelling like a rose.
  2. I don’t know how you pulled this one off, but I’m impressed.
  3. You sure have come a long way.
  4. You handled it like a pro.
  5. You’re one of a kind.
  6. We’ve been behind you all the way.
  7. Your speech was spoken like a true diplomat.
  8. Apparently you made quite an impression.

For a friend who won the race for State Senator against a more popular candidate