Total Phrases- 4535
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In-negative / Doubt url

A friend tells you he’s taking drugs

  1. You’re throwing away your life.
  2. Don’t you have a mind of your own?
  3. Please tell me it’s not true.
  4. You just brought it all on yourself.
  5. Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
  6. Do you know what you’re doing?
  7. That’s what I call plain old stupidity.
  8. You must be crazy.
  9. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
  10. I don’t seem to be able to get through to you.
  11. What are you trying to prove?
  12. You should have your head examined.
  13. You knew what you where getting yourself into.
  14. What are you trying to say?
  15. Was this your idea?
  16. It’s your own doing.
  17. Just look at you.
  18. Do as you wish, but don’t come crying to me for help when things go downhill.
  19. It’s the same thing over and over again.
  20. I don’t think anything I say will convince you one way or another.
  21. You don’t have anyone to blame but yourself.
  22. That’s the whole point, and I don’t think you’re hearing a word I’m saying.
  23. It seems as if what I’m saying is going in one ear and out the other.
  24. When I talk to you I don’t feel like there’s anybody home.
  25. What have you gotten yourself into?

A friend tells you he’s taking drugs

In-negative / Doubt
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Action-3

  1. You best be on your way.
  2. Play it till the hilt.
  3. Your choice is clear.
  4. You can sink or swim.
  5. Don’t hold yourself back.
  6. You’ve got nothing to lose.
  7. Why don’t you give it a try?
  8. The early bird catches the worm.
  9. Try and patch things up.
  10. Set your sights high.
  11. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.

Action-3

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-positive / Determination url

Therapist with patient

  1. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  2. This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
  3. I’m going to tell it to you straight, even if it means bursting your balloon.
  4. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
  5. There’s nothing that we can’t do if we put our minds to it.
  6. Let’s not give up before we start.
  7. There are so many false starts, but it’s important that we don’t give up hope.
  8. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
  9. It doesn’t have to be that way.
  10. Unfortunately we often have to learn the hard way.
  11. Let’s start tying up loose ends.
  12. All beginnings are hard.
  13. Often just when we think it will be clear sailing from here on in, POW – something unexpected comes from out of the blue to blow our well laid plans to smithereens, and suddenly it’s back to the drawing board, forcing us to rethink the whole thing through from start to finish, from soup to nuts.

Therapist with patient

In-positive / Determination
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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

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-negative / Confusion url

Trying to remember why you made a certain decision last year

  1. I can’t explain it.
  2. I’m not so sure.
  3. I don’t know what to say about it.
  4. I’m not sure exactly.
  5. I haven’t the slightest idea.
  6. I can’t put my finger on it.
  7. I don’t have a clue.
  8. I don’t remember off the top of my head.
  9. Your guess is a good as mine.
  10. That’s the thing I don’t understand.
  11. How can I be sure?

Trying to remember why you made a certain decision last year

In-negative / Confusion
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Out-positive / Thanks url

After the secretary says she managed to squeeze in an appointment with the doctor

  1. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
  2. I appreciate it beyond words.
  3. Thanks a million.
  4. I really appreciate it.
  5. I owe you one.
  6. That was above and beyond the call of duty.
  7. I appreciate all that you’ve done, and all the effort that you put into it.
  8. You did me a big favor.
  9. Awesome.
  10. I’m very appreciative, I don’t take it for granted at all.

After the secretary says she managed to squeeze in an appointment with the doctor

Out-positive / Thanks
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Out-neutral / Observation url

General-2

  1. Now you see it now you don’t.
  2. Who knows what evil lurk in the minds of men?
  3. One thing leads to another.
  4. It’s not all fun and games.
  5. The tree grows as the twig is bent.
  6. It’s a drop in the bucket.
  7. It’s happened once and it will happen again.
  8. It’s not always so cut and dry.
  9. You can’t live with them and you can’t live without them.
  10. Some people never learn.

General-2

Out-neutral / Observation
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who’s hesitant about eating an exotic food for the first time

  1. What are you waiting for?
  2. Try it, you’ll like it.
  3. Don’t worry about a thing.
  4. Put yourself at ease.
  5. There’s nothing to worry about.
  6. I assure you whole-heartedly that you won’t regret it.
  7. You’ll see soon enough that your fears are unfounded.
  8. It all goes into the same stomach.
  9. Forewarned is forearmed.

For a friend who’s hesitant about eating an exotic food for the first time

Out-positive / Encouragement
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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-positive / Friendship url

Stating commitment-1

  1. We’ll stick together like glue.
  2. Let’s tie the knot.
  3. We’re like two peas in a pod.
  4. You’re my knight in shining armor.
  5. You can count on me.
  6. Blood is thicker than water.
  7. I can’t be without you.
  8. Our relationship is a match made in heaven.
  9. You taught me everything I know.
  10. We were made for each other.
  11. I would move Heaven and Earth for you.
  12. We’re made for each other.
  13. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.
  14. I don’t know what I would do without you.

Stating commitment-1

Out-positive / Friendship
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who just got into a top business school

  1. You sure have come a long way.
  2. I’m not surprised that you succeeded, I always knew you had it in you.
  3. Shoot for the moon, and give it all you’ve got.
  4. You’re as smart as a whip.
  5. There’s no limit to what you can accomplish if you put your mind to it.
  6. What more could you ask for?
  7. With this under your belt, a golden future can be yours.
  8. I have absolute faith in you.
  9. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime.
  10. I don’t know how you accomplished so much in such a short period of time.

For a friend who just got into a top business school

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-1

  1. Somehow you’re making me feel guilty about what we both know took place out of the blue.
  2. Come on, out with it, spill the beans, and fess-up, because to tell you the truth I expected it all along.
  3. Please, hear me out!
  4. You couldn’t possibly object.
  5. Give me a fighting chance.
  6. You owe me that much.
  7. You just don’t want to admit it.
  8. Come on, be real!
  9. Please do your utmost to pay attention, and keep your mind on the subject.
  10. Let me be the judge of that.
  11. Be straight with me.
  12. Are you trying to pull the wool over my eyes?

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-1

Out-neutral / Negotiating