User:RobertPlausible/Phrases
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Phrases
[edit]- Sunk cost - An investment already incurred that can't be recovered.
- Natural selection - An explanation of stupid actions that you do not subscribe to but cannot stop others in taking part in.
- Don't ask a question you're not prepared to answer.
- Trust, but verify.
- We do not negotiate with terrorists.
- We are all put on this world for a different purpose.
- I believe in the right to privacy.
- I truly believe we all have more in common than not.
- I think everyone has or should be given the opportunity to positively contribute to human society.
- I think everyone should be given a chance at rehabilitation, but some cannot be saved.
- I seek no quarrel.
- I [sincerely] wish you the best.
- I with you nothing but the best.
- Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
- You reap what you sow.
- But I went ahead and did it just the same. - 1984 (George Orwell)
- Quisling - The surname of Vidkun Quisling, whose name is synonymous with “traitor” due to his Nazi collaboration.
- Forlorn hope - A hopeless venture or military operation
- Lost cause.
- Futile cause.
- Hollow victory.
- Also called a pyrrhic victory.
Reactions
[edit]Reacting to something indifferently:
[edit]- You don’t say.
An indifferent reaction that is ironic in nature
[edit]- Yes it's breathtaking.
- Or simply: Breathtaking
Reaction to someone you know being annoying or doing:
[edit]- You know that’s just like him.
Reacting to someone doing something predictable or denying something:
[edit]Reacting to a bad event (not always said out loud)
[edit]- Well…
- And yet the world continues to spin.
Reaction to something in approval or with some sense or appreciation or understanding
[edit]- Hey, nothing wrong with that.
- Nothing wrong with that.
Affirmations
[edit]- This we know - Can also be used as a reaction to information that has been pre-established, or an introduction of information that is known while it is being introduced to others.
Deniability
[edit]- Don’t know anything about that.
- Notable in the Season 8, Episode 16 of Seinfeld, “The Pothole”.
Insults
[edit]In English
[edit]- Jackass - Obama referring to Kanye West in 2009.
- Jackoff.
Spanish (just for fun)
[edit]- Pendejo - Asshole*
- Cállate pendejo - Shut up, asshole
- Pobre cito - Poor thing