Honest - Glottonic | Dictionary But Cool!

Skip to content

Home
Idioms
Abbreviations
Phrases

Honest

Phrase

How stupid/thoughtless of me

Self-critical apology

Phrase

That’s my fault

Taking ownership

Phrase

I want you

Physical/emotional desire

Phrase

I need you

Raw emotional dependence

Phrase

That requires a bit more research first

Need for further investigation

Phrase

I’m not 100% sure on that.

Partial uncertainty

Phrase

Who knows?

Philosophical shrug

Phrase

It’s a mystery to me.

Playful admission

Phrase

I’m afraid I have no idea.

Polite admission

Phrase

That’s a good question, but I don’t know.

Polite deflection

Phrase

It’s beyond me.

Problem exceeds understanding

Phrase

I’ll double check and let you know.

Promise to confirm

Phrase

That’s a good question, I’ll check this.

Promise to verify

Phrase

I’m not the best person to answer that.

Redirecting expertise

Phrase

That’s exactly what I’m seeking to answer.

Shared curiosity

Phrase

Beats me

Casual admission of ignorance

Phrase

I can’t remember off the top of my head.

Temporary memory lapse

Phrase

I’m going to investigate that further.

Commitment to find out

Phrase

I don’t know anything about…

Complete lack of knowledge

Phrase

I don’t have any information about that.

Formal lack of data

Phrase

Let me check on that

Immediate verification

Phrase

If only it worked, but …

Wistful refusal

Phrase

I’m slammed.

Overloaded (casual)

Phrase

I have something else

Prior commitment

Dictionary But Cool!