Total Phrases- 4535
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In-negative / Doubt url

Neighbors of the Wright Brothers

  1. I’ll believe it when I see it.
  2. Are you really sure?
  3. Personally, I don’t think you stand a chance.
  4. The odds are stacked against you.
  5. I don’t think anything will ever come of it.
  6. Are your out of your mind?
  7. Are you serious?
  8. Are you crazy?
  9. You must be drunk.
  10. Are you kidding?

Neighbors of the Wright Brothers

In-negative / Doubt
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Out-negative / Annoyed url

Stop hurting me

  1. Don’t put me down.
  2. I didn’t come here to be put down.
  3. Why are you giving me such a hard time?
  4. What do you have against me?
  5. You are driving me up the wall.
  6. I’ve had just about enough of this.
  7. What am I going to do with you?
  8. What kind fool do you take me for?
  9. Go find another sucker.

Stop hurting me

Out-negative / Annoyed
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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

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-positive / Hope url

Before they announce the winner of the lottery

  1. I think this is it.
  2. It’s the chance of a lifetime.
  3. You know anything’s possible!
  4. We’re banking on it.
  5. Even if we don’t win, there’s always next year.
  6. One could only hope.
  7. This is the moment that we’ve all been waiting for.
  8. Maybe it will be different this time.
  9. Keep your fingers crossed.
  10. We’re hoping there’s a pot of gold on the other side of the rainbow.
  11. The price is right.
  12. I hope and pray that the money will now just start rolling in.
  13. This could be our ticket to freedom.
  14. Hope springs eternal.
  15. I have high hopes for it.
  16. I have a lot riding on it.
  17. A big change for the better might be just around the corner.
  18. It would be the answer to my prayers.

Before they announce the winner of the lottery

In-positive / Hope
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Choosing an item from the menu

  1. It’s six of one or half a dozen of the other.
  2. I guess I just can’t have it both ways.
  3. At one point I have to bite the bullet.
  4. At one point you just have to fish or cut bait.

Choosing an item from the menu

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Not catching a fish

  1. Kiss this one goodbye.
  2. It’s not like I have much of a choice.
  3. I’ll be darned if I can help it.
  4. That’s the way it is.
  5. It’s not that bad.
  6. There’s not much I can do about it now.
  7. I’m going to let bygones be bygones.

Not catching a fish

In-neutral / Acceptance
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Out-negative / Anger url

I see that you are bad

  1. What do you take me for?
  2. Do you take me for a fool?
  3. Don’t play me for a fool.
  4. You’re as spoiled as a rotten egg.
  5. Have you got something up your sleeve?
  6. I don’t like what’s going down.
  7. The whole situation makes me sick to my stomach.
  8. You’re an accident looking for a place to happen.
  9. You rub me the wrong way.
  10. You’re a disgrace to humanity.
  11. You should be ashamed of yourself!
  12. You are down right pathetic.
  13. I had the feeling you’re up to something.
  14. You’re lying through your teeth.
  15. That’s a bald faced lie.
  16. I bet your plan is the stab me in the back when I’m not expecting it.
  17. How can anyone in his right mind do something like what you just did.

I see that you are bad

Out-negative / Anger
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Hope

  1. Life is worth living.
  2. Every cloud has a silver lining.
  3. Tomorrow is another day.
  4. Better luck next time.
  5. Look on the bright side.
  6. Count your blessings.
  7. Appreciate it while it lasts.
  8. Little things mean a lot.
  9. Things often have a way of just working themselves out.

Hope

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-negative / Explaining url

After investing in worthless land

  1. I fell for it hook, line and sinker.
  2. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
  3. I should have known.
  4. It seemed like the right to do thing at the time.
  5. It took me totally by surprise.
  6. I was talked into it.
  7. The thought that this would be such a bad decision never crossed my mind.
  8. There’s not a whole lot I can do about it at this point.
  9. That never would have dawned on me.
  10. I didn’t see it coming.
  11. In theory that was how it was supposed to play out, but in actuality that’s not what happened.
  12. How was I supposed to know that?
  13. It beats me how that could have happened.
  14. It was an honest mistake.
  15. It could happen to anyone.
  16. I’m sorry that things didn’t work out the way I expected them to.
  17. I found out the hard way.
  18. The thought never even crossed my mind.
  19. That was something I wasn’t even aware of.
  20. Frankly, it’s just not something I could have anticipated.
  21. That’s something I just didn’t count on.
  22. They really took me to the cleaners.
  23. I must admit, from the beginning the whole thing wasn’t clear to me, and went way over my head.
  24. I was a sitting duck.
  25. I was being penny wise and pound foolish.

After investing in worthless land

In-negative / Explaining
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Out-negative / Annoyed url

You are lying-1

  1. You’re lying through your teeth.
  2. You’re as phony as a two dollar bill.
  3. Don’t start with that whole song and dance.
  4. You’re full of hot air.
  5. Just cut the bull.
  6. Don’t hand me that baloney.
  7. It’s a pack of lies.
  8. You speak with fork tongue.
  9. I have a sneaking suspicion that you’re withholding from me a very important piece of information.
  10. That’s utter nonsense.
  11. Don’t give me that crap.
  12. Cut the baloney.
  13. Oh give me a break, will you?
  14. I smell a rat.
  15. Do you expect me to believe that?
  16. Oh, give me a break!

You are lying-1

Out-negative / Annoyed
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who is depressed

  1. I never promised you a rose garden.
  2. You’re putting up a brave front.
  3. It can’t be as bad as all that.
  4. You have to look at the bright side.
  5. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
  6. Alright, get it out of your system.
  7. I know how you feel.
  8. It’s a step in the right direction.
  9. I think you can figure this out for yourself.
  10. With a bit of luck and hard work it will all work out fine in the end.
  11. You have to look yourself in the eye and ask yourself plain and simple, with all your abilities, what’s holding you back from fulfilling more of your potential?
  12. It looks worse than it really is.
  13. Don’t you worry, you will be fine.
  14. Do the best you can.
  15. What’s eating you?
  16. You have your whole life ahead of you.

For a friend who is depressed

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-positive / Friendship url

Stating commitment-2

  1. I’ll be your Rock of Gibraltar.
  2. Till death do us part.
  3. You’re the answer to my dreams.
  4. You mean the world to me.
  5. I’d be lost without you.
  6. What would I do without you?
  7. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.
  8. You’re all that a man/woman could hope for.
  9. Where have you been all my life?
  10. I’m mad about you.
  11. You’re a dream come true.
  12. You take my breath away.

Stating commitment-2

Out-positive / Friendship