Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-positive / Agreement url

I need you to stop looking at your cell phone while you’re talking to me

  1. You have my undivided attention.
  2. I hear you loud and clear.
  3. You’ve got a good point there.
  4. That sounds fair to me.
  5. You have my word.
  6. I’m slowly coming around to your way of seeing things.
  7. As you wish.
  8. I know what you mean.
  9. I can relate to that.
  10. I stand corrected.
  11. I read you loud and clear.

I need you to stop looking at your cell phone while you’re talking to me

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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 / Encouragement url

For a friend who was just promoted to be head of sales

  1. I always knew you had it in you.
  2. You’ll go right to the top.
  3. If you play your cards right, nothing will stand in your way, and you will be very successful.
  4. This is a big moment for you.
  5. That’s a lucky break for you.
  6. Here’s your big chance.
  7. They must think a lot of you.
  8. You’re going to do a bang-up job.
  9. More power to you.
  10. Hit the ground running.
  11. Give it your all.

For a friend who was just promoted to be head of sales

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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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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Being bypassed for a promotion

  1. That’s life in the fast lane.
  2. What’s done is done.
  3. I guess it’s the way it had to be.
  4. Maybe it’s all for the best.
  5. It doesn’t really matter one way or another.
  6. That’s the way people are.
  7. It’s not that important.
  8. I’m humbled.
  9. Go right ahead, I don’t mind.
  10. We should just learn from our mistakes.
  11. You’re the boss.
  12. Let’s chalk it up to experience.

Being bypassed for a promotion

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Out-positive / Friendship url

Compliment-1

  1. You’re as sweet as pie.
  2. I like your style.
  3. You are wonderful.
  4. It really suits you.
  5. You look like a million bucks.
  6. You’ve got it all.
  7. You’re as beautiful as ever!
  8. You’re unforgettable.
  9. You’re one in a million.
  10. Your smile is a mile wide.
  11. You have a heart of gold.
  12. You’re too good to be true.
  13. You look great.

Compliment-1

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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

Expand your choices

  1. Don’t knock it till you try it.
  2. Reach for the stars.
  3. Reach for the sky.
  4. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
  5. Give it one more try.
  6. Don’t snub your nose at it.
  7. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  8. It depends on what you want to do.

Expand your choices

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Out-neutral / Advice url

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.

Others - Protect yourself-2

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In-positive / Determination url

A boxer

  1. I can take what they dish out.
  2. I’m as hard as nails.
  3. I’ve made up my mind.
  4. I won’t allow it.
  5. I jumped in with both feet.
  6. I stick to my guns.
  7. I don’t know the meaning of the word quit.
  8. I’ve taken the worst that they can dish out, and I’ve still survived.

A boxer

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In-positive / Confidence url

Handing in a task to boss ahead of schedule

  1. I’m on a roll.
  2. I’ve been as busy as a bee.
  3. I’ve gotten the hang of it.
  4. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
  5. In order to get this to happen, I had to jump through hoops.
  6. Sign, sealed and delivered.
  7. Well that takes care of that.
  8. What did I tell you?

Handing in a task to boss ahead of schedule

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

You’re not negotiating well-1

  1. You’re as stubborn as a mule.
  2. What I’m saying is going in one ear and out the other.
  3. How does that help anything?
  4. Don’t put words in my mouth.
  5. What more do you want?
  6. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
  7. You have no excuse for acting that way.
  8. Are you backing out?
  9. Surely you must be kidding.
  10. I’ve got you pegged.
  11. Are you trying to pull the wool over my eyes?

You’re not negotiating well-1