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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

You’re not negotiating well-3

  1. That’s a low blow.
  2. I have to watch you like a hawk.
  3. I feel like I’m being rail-roaded into it.
  4. Who are you trying to kid?
  5. I don’t trust you any more than I can throw you.
  6. Now you’re showing your true colors.
  7. Don’t point the finger at me.
  8. I’ll give you one more chance.
  9. Why open up old wounds?
  10. I know how you operate.
  11. Where do you come from saying something like that to me?
  12. Wait just one cotton pickin’ minute.
  13. That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard.
  14. I suspect that you might have an ace up your sleeve.

You’re not negotiating well-3

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend who hopes to solve their money problems by going to a Casino

  1. I think you’ve gone just a little bit too far this time.
  2. What are you doing in a place like this?
  3. You’re digging a hole for yourself.
  4. You better watch out.
  5. This can only spell trouble.
  6. No good can come from this.
  7. Maybe I better warn you.
  8. I wouldn’t hold my breath, if I were you!
  9. You’re just avoiding/delaying the inevitable.
  10. You’ve boxed youself into a corner.

To a friend who hopes to solve their money problems by going to a Casino

Out-positive / Concern
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In-positive / Determination url

General during battle

  1. We’ll see what we can do to rectify the situation.
  2. Never, never, never give up.
  3. I’m a stubborn man.
  4. You’ve got to be tough as leather.
  5. Don’t give up the ship.
  6. That’s an order.
  7. Might makes right.
  8. I have no choice but to take matters in my own hands.
  9. If the enemy breaches our last line of defense, will we have to defend our position with all we've got.
  10. I’ve just begun to fight.
  11. I’ll take my chances.
  12. I’ll guard it with my life.
  13. I’m determined to go through with the plan.
  14. This is the moment of truth that will test our mettle, to see what stuff we are really made of.
  15. It’s now or never.
  16. It’s above and beyond the call of duty.
  17. We shall overcome.
  18. We’ve crossed the point of no return.

General during battle

In-positive / Determination
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In-positive / Remembering url

Remembering an event from the past

  1. It’ll never be the same as it was back then.
  2. That’s history now.
  3. That was a night to remember.
  4. I guess you had to have been there.
  5. I’ve burnt a lot of bridges behind me.
  6. I miss those times long gone.
  7. The joy that I felt when I got married was off the charts.
  8. Then it happened, and the rest is history.

Remembering an event from the past

In-positive / Remembering
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

This is my viewpoint

  1. I hope I’m making it crystal clear.
  2. That just what I said.
  3. I rest my case.
  4. I made my point.
  5. I’ll get right to the point.
  6. You know where I stand.
  7. I meant what I said.
  8. For whatever it’s worth, here are my 2 cents.
  9. I really mean it.
  10. It’s all here in black and white.
  11. That’s my point exactly.
  12. Let’s set the record straight.
  13. If you get my drift.
  14. I’m well aware of that.
  15. There’s something you ought to know.
  16. Of course that’s what I meant.
  17. You can talk till you’re blue in the face, you still won’t convince me.
  18. I hate to be blunt.
  19. There’s no, ifs ands or buts about it.
  20. I’ll be honest with you.
  21. Take it or leave it.
  22. What you see is what you get.
  23. If you want a deal, you’re going to have to up the ante.
  24. I’m going to cut to the chase.
  25. It doesn’t make sense to do it any other way.
  26. I wanted to run this idea by you.

This is my viewpoint

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-positive / Surprise url

You win the lottery

  1. The experience was so strange that I felt I was entering into never-never land.
  2. You could have knocked me over with a feather.
  3. Oh my gosh!
  4. It happened just outta the blue.
  5. It really blew my mind.
  6. Can you believe it?
  7. Boy, I’m telling you.
  8. One thing happened after another, and suddenly I found myself in a position that was totally unexpected.

You win the lottery

In-positive / Surprise
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In-positive / Confidence url

Predicting that the stock market with go up

  1. I’d put my money on it.
  2. I just know it.
  3. I’m as sure as I can be.
  4. It’s going to happen sooner than you think.
  5. As far as I’m concerned, it’s true beyond a shadow of a doubt.
  6. That’s the way I see it.
  7. You can be sure of it.
  8. You better believe it.
  9. You can be sure of that.
  10. You mark my words.
  11. There’s no doubt about it.
  12. I’d lay odds on it.
  13. You bet your life.
  14. Believe you me!
  15. I know what I’m talking about.
  16. You can bank on it.

Predicting that the stock market with go up

In-positive / Confidence
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In-negative / Confusion url

Trying to understand current events

  1. Can you help me figure out what’s going on?
  2. I don’t know who to believe anymore.
  3. Frankly, none of this make sense.
  4. I’m totally baffled.
  5. I don’t have a clue about what is going on.
  6. I’m totally dumbfounded.
  7. It puzzles me.
  8. I don’t know what to make of it.
  9. What do you make of it?
  10. What does it all mean?
  11. How has it come to this?

Trying to understand current events

In-negative / Confusion
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Out-positive / Friendship url

Hot talk

  1. You’re hot stuff.
  2. You’re cute as a button.
  3. You’re a real knock-out.
  4. Your eyes are as blue as the sky.
  5. I could hug you to death.
  6. You’re a sweetie pie.
  7. I’m going to sweep you off your feet.

Hot talk

Out-positive / Friendship
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In-negative / Doubt url

Being told you should convince the company president to change policy

  1. That’s like the tail wagging the dog.
  2. That’s not the way to go about doing it.
  3. I don’t think that will work out so well.
  4. He won’t go for that.
  5. It might have just the opposite from the intended effect.
  6. The effort could boomerang on our heads.
  7. He might not take it the right way.
  8. You’ve got to be kidding!
  9. It’s not worth it.

Being told you should convince the company president to change policy

In-negative / Doubt
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Caution-1

  1. Look before you leap.
  2. You’ve got to take it with a grain of salt.
  3. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
  4. Don’t quit your day job.
  5. I wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot pole.
  6. It’s going to be harder and take longer than you anticipate.
  7. That's better left unsaid.
  8. There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip.
  9. Take a closer look.
  10. I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
  11. Don’t take chances.
  12. You’re going to be sorry.
  13. Curiosity killed the cat.
  14. You should know better than that.
  15. He’s all bark and no bite.
  16. Better to be safe than sorry.
  17. Even though he’s well intentioned, he ends up doing a lot of damage anyway.
  18. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
  19. Let's keep on the safe side.
  20. That is vastly overrated.

Caution-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Honesty

  1. The ends don’t justify the means.
  2. Tell it like it is.
  3. Keep it clean.
  4. You should set a good example.
  5. Honesty is the best policy.
  6. You can’t go wrong by being straight.
  7. Be a straight-shooter.

Honesty

Out-neutral / Advice