Total Phrases- 804

Scenes of In-negative

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In-negative / Confusion url

Lost in an unfamiliar city

  1. This is driving me batty.
  2. What can I do?
  3. I don’t know what else to do.
  4. Where do we go from here?
  5. I don’t know, what do you want to do?
  6. I can’t figure it out.
  7. I’m going to need a while to get my bearings.
  8. I feel like a fish out of water.
  9. It’s driving me nuts.

Lost in an unfamiliar city

In-negative / Confusion
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In-negative / Doubt url

Someone saying he’s going on a new starvation diet

  1. It’s too high a price to pay.
  2. What gave you that idea?
  3. I just can’t picture it.
  4. You can’t believe everything you read.
  5. Boy, do you bounce from one extreme to another.
  6. I have a sneaking suspicion that you’re wasting your time.
  7. I’m sure you will, but I don’t give it much of a chance of success.
  8. The odds are against it.
  9. Where have I heard all of this before?
  10. I hope you know what you’re doing.
  11. You’ve got to take it with a grain of salt.

Someone saying he’s going on a new starvation diet

In-negative / Doubt
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In-negative / Desperation url

House flooded by hurricane

  1. I feel like my whole world is slowly coming apart at the seams.
  2. It’s even worse than I thought.
  3. I can’t stand it anymore.
  4. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.
  5. Take me away from here.
  6. Why does everything always happen to me?
  7. Wake me when it’s over.
  8. When it rains it pours.
  9. What's the use?
  10. That was the straw that broke the camels back.
  11. It really threw me for a loop.

House flooded by hurricane

In-negative / Desperation
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In-negative / Confusion url

Lost in a forest

  1. I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.
  2. Do you think that we’re getting anywhere?
  3. What am I supposed to do?
  4. I can’t figure out what’s going on, and I feel like I’m shooting in the dark.
  5. How am I going to pull this off?
  6. I’m on a wild goose chase.
  7. What are we going to do now?
  8. So now what do I do?
  9. What’s going on?
  10. I don’t know what I’m going to do.

Lost in a forest

In-negative / Confusion
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In-negative / Explaining url

After shoving a neighbor in a fight

  1. It was just a misunderstanding.
  2. I can’t explain it.
  3. I admit it, I cracked under pressure.
  4. I would like to try to set things straight.
  5. It’s all my fault.
  6. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  7. There’s a first time for everything.
  8. I acted on impulse.
  9. What can I say?
  10. I was taken off guard.
  11. Don’t get the wrong impression.
  12. Things just got out of hand.
  13. My pride got in the way.
  14. I hope I didn’t come on too strong.
  15. My emotions got the better of me.
  16. I really didn’t intend for things to turn out the way they did.

After shoving a neighbor in a fight

In-negative / Explaining
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In-negative / Disappointment url

Employee feeling unappreciated

  1. I worked so hard for them, and all I got was a measly pat on the back.
  2. I feel so un-appreciated.
  3. I feel like I’m being exploited, but there doesn’t seem to be too much I can do to stop it.
  4. It’s the same old thing all over again.
  5. I feel like I’ve really been through the mill.
  6. I expected more.
  7. I think I deserve to be treated better.
  8. I’m not a happy camper.

Employee feeling unappreciated

In-negative / Disappointment
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Coming late for an appointment

  1. I just plum forgot.
  2. It slipped my mind.
  3. Forgive me, I just didn’t remember.
  4. I didn’t do it on purpose.
  5. I hope you understand.
  6. Please don’t take it personally.
  7. I knew I forgot something.
  8. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends.
  9. I’ve been crazy busy lately.
  10. I have a lot on my plate.
  11. The time just slipped through my fingers.
  12. I just have no sense of time.

Coming late for an appointment

In-negative / Explaining
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Not doing work assignment on time

  1. I bit off more than I could chew.
  2. I didn’t accomplish as much as I thought I would.
  3. I took my best shot.
  4. That’s the best that I can do.
  5. It took me longer than I thought it would.
  6. I’ve been under a lot of pressure lately.
  7. I was sure I could do more in the time that I had.
  8. The whole thing blew up in my face.
  9. I promise to do better next time.
  10. I don’t know how to answer your question.
  11. It totally slipped my mind.
  12. I knew there was something I forgot to do.
  13. I have no excuse.

Not doing work assignment on time

In-negative / Explaining
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In-negative / Desperation url

Lost in the woods 1

  1. I’ve run out of steam.
  2. The situation is so grim.
  3. The situation was so dangerous that I thought it was curtains.
  4. It’s no use.
  5. I’m worried to death.
  6. I feel sick like a dog.
  7. I can’t cope with it.
  8. I’m scared to death.
  9. Time is running out.
  10. It’s all a nightmare.
  11. I’m never going to make it.
  12. I’m reaching the end of my rope.
  13. Don’t even bother.

Lost in the woods 1

In-negative / Desperation
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In-negative / Disappointment url

Getting a speeding ticket

  1. I have no one to blame but myself.
  2. I need that like a hole in the head.
  3. That’s what I was afraid of.
  4. That’s the last thing I wanted.
  5. What a shame!
  6. That’s just my luck.
  7. It happens to the best of us.
  8. But I don’t have to like it, do I?

Getting a speeding ticket

In-negative / Disappointment
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In-negative / Desperation url

Can’t pay the mortgage

  1. Things have gotten totally out of hand.
  2. I’m having trouble making ends meet.
  3. What am I going to do?
  4. Sometimes I feel that it's all going to be downhill from here.
  5. I hope I haven’t blown it.
  6. Nowadays, it’s hard to make ends meet.
  7. I’m hanging by a thread.
  8. If this goes on I’m going to lose my mind.
  9. I was up all night worrying about it.
  10. I feel down and out.
  11. Sometimes I tell myself, ‘Don’t even bother’.
  12. When I hope that things will get better, I realize: don’t hold your breath.
  13. I feel like I’m beating a dead horse.

Can’t pay the mortgage

In-negative / Desperation
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In-negative / Desperation url

An addict

  1. Why is this so hard?
  2. I’m at the end of my rope.
  3. Things seem to be falling apart.
  4. I need it bad.
  5. What’s the use?
  6. I have nothing to live for.
  7. I’m grasping at straws.
  8. I have nowhere to turn to.
  9. There’s nothing to live for.
  10. I feel like I’m like beating my head against a brick wall.
  11. I’ve got a dark cloud hanging over me.
  12. For the longest time it’s just been one thing after another.
  13. I just can’t bring myself to change for the better.
  14. I don’t think I’m going to make it.
  15. I just can’t go on like this.
  16. Some days it doesn’t pay to get up in the morning.
  17. Sometimes I feel that I’m damned if I do, and damned if I don’t.
  18. I’m getting nowhere fast.
  19. It’s no use.
  20. I feel sick like a dog.
  21. I appreciate your advice, but that's all easier said that done.

An addict

In-negative / Desperation