Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-negative / Anger url

Stop what you are doing-1

  1. Now cut that out.
  2. Will you cut the crap?
  3. I’m not going to permit that type of activity happening in my house.
  4. Cut it out, stop that right now.
  5. Hold it right there.
  6. I’m telling you once and for all.
  7. See that it doesn’t happen again.
  8. Watch your step.
  9. If you want to know how I will react if you do that, just try me.
  10. Drop the subject.
  11. If you think I’m going to sit back and let you say things like that to me, you have another guess coming.
  12. That will be enough of that.
  13. Don’t you dare!
  14. Just leave it alone.
  15. Woah, hold your horses!
  16. You must be out of your cotton-picking mind!

Stop what you are doing-1

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Protect yourself

  1. My advice to you is just try to save your own skin.
  2. Look out for number one.
  3. Don’t do this to yourself.
  4. Run for your life.
  5. Your luck can’t hold out forever.
  6. If you don’t watch out for yourself, who will?
  7. It’s a dog eat dog world, and your first obligation is to protect yourself.
  8. Make sure you take your medicine religiously.
  9. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
  10. Don’t let them stab you in the back.

Protect yourself

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Caution-3

  1. We’ve got to lay low for a while until the whole things blows over.
  2. Play your cards close to your vest.
  3. It’ll come back to haunt you.
  4. My advice is to keep your eye on it.
  5. You might regret it for the rest of your life.
  6. You’re fighting a loosing battle.
  7. Take everything they say with a grain of salt.
  8. Your life may depend on it.
  9. I have a feeling that you might be starting off on the wrong foot.
  10. Handle it with kid gloves.
  11. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
  12. You really have to watch out for things like that.
  13. Steer clear of it.
  14. You’re skating on thin ice.
  15. Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.
  16. The odds are against you.
  17. There are no guarantees.
  18. It will get you when you least expect it.
  19. He’s not playing with a full deck.
  20. That defeats the whole purpose.
  21. It's unpredictable, and it’s a close call, going down to the wire, and we might not have a clear indication of where it's heading until the last minute - and then it might be too late to change course to salvage the situation.

Caution-3

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a fellow worker who was scolded for being late too often

  1. Between you and me, I think you got off pretty easy this time.
  2. You put up a good front.
  3. You and I know that you can do better than that.
  4. That’s to be expected.
  5. I’d say you got off easy.
  6. It’s not earth shattering.
  7. What did you expect?
  8. You need to stand up for yourself.
  9. It happens to the best of us.
  10. You and I know that you can do better than that.

To a fellow worker who was scolded for being late too often

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Let's help each other

  1. We're all in this together.
  2. One for all, and all for one.
  3. United we stand, divided we fall.
  4. We will either hang together, or hang separately.
  5. With teamwork we can accomplish anything.
  6. We will all benefit if we strive to see each other's point of view.
  7. We should approach this as a family, with one mind, and one heart.
  8. One good turn deserves another.

Let's help each other

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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Choosing where to put your investment money

  1. Only time will tell.
  2. You do what you have to.
  3. There’s something to be said for it.
  4. This is a good as time as any.
  5. We’ll worry about that when the time comes.
  6. Things will come to those who wait.
  7. It works both ways.
  8. That’s what it’s all about.
  9. It’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.
  10. I have half a mind to do just that.
  11. I’m biding my time.
  12. Thing’s stand as they are.
  13. It doesn’t make sense to do it any other way.

Choosing where to put your investment money

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In-negative / Confusion url

To someone explaining calculus

  1. I haven’t the foggiest/slightest/vaguest idea of what you’re talking about.
  2. I can’t make heads or tails of it.
  3. I don’t understand.
  4. Whatever do you mean?
  5. You’ve got me stumped.
  6. I don’t know what to make of it.
  7. It doesn’t make any sense.
  8. How could that possibly be?
  9. It’s Greek to me.

To someone explaining calculus

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who just got an A average

  1. You passed with flying colors.
  2. That’s my boy!
  3. You out-did yourself.
  4. You did that well.
  5. All things considered, I think you did a great job, and you should be proud of what you were able to accomplish.
  6. That’s using your head.
  7. Nobody can do it better.
  8. That’s fantastic.
  9. Kudos to you!
  10. Your mind is sharp as a tack.
  11. Your in a class all by yourself.
  12. You should be proud of yourself.
  13. That’s a major accomplishment.
  14. I always knew you had it in you.

For a friend who just got an A average

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Out-positive / Agreement url

Feeling more self confident makes a person into a better salesman.

  1. You’re so right.
  2. Don’t I know!
  3. That’s a good point.
  4. I’ll vouch for that.
  5. That might have something to do with it.
  6. It certainly seems that way.
  7. I know what you’re trying to say.
  8. That’s as plain as day.
  9. I’ll go along with that.
  10. That could very well be.

Feeling more self confident makes a person into a better salesman.

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Out-positive / Agreement url

Would you like to go for a walk in the park?

  1. I’m ready whenever you are.
  2. That sounds like a great idea.
  3. Sounds good to me.
  4. Now is as good a time as any.
  5. There’s nothing I’d like better.
  6. Yes indeed.
  7. All righty!
  8. Now is as good a time as any.
  9. I’m ready, willing, and able.

Would you like to go for a walk in the park?

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Out-positive / Agreement url

Can I borrow a book, if I give it back within a week?

  1. By all means.
  2. No problem.
  3. I don’t mind a bit.
  4. Okie dokie.
  5. I don’t have any objection.

Can I borrow a book, if I give it back within a week?

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In-positive / Relief url

Getting a bonus from work to pay off loans

  1. We nipped it in the bud.
  2. It happened just in the nick of time.
  3. That takes a big load off of my mind.
  4. Thank goodness for little things.
  5. It’s just what the doctor ordered.
  6. We were saved just by the skin on our teeth.
  7. Things will finally get back to normal.
  8. When I heard the news, I breathed a sigh of relief.
  9. Our ship has finally come in.

Getting a bonus from work to pay off loans