# Good alternative expressions to "Don't jump to conclusions"
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436 "2016-06-03T23:24:49Z")
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### Author:  [@freebird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freebird)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/1 "2016-06-03T23:24:49Z")
Sometimes people we are talking to judge us real quickly and we feel taken aback. So instead of saying “don’t jump to conclusions” or “That’s not how it is” etc. what would be some good expressions or phrases to use? Any good comebacks are welcome as well.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/2 "2016-06-04T00:15:14Z")
Offhand, I would say things like “Another way to look at it would be…”, or “On the other hand…” which aren’t outright contradictions but are a gentler way of saying you have a different take on it. “From my perspective…”
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/3 "2016-06-04T00:23:41Z")
“When you assume, you make an \*ass \*out of _u_ and _me_.”
To be completely truthful, I hate that expression, but it does make the point.
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### Author:  [@TipTapTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TipTapTwo)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/4 "2016-06-04T01:42:27Z")
The only good comeback to someone pre-judging you and leaping to their own conclusions is to use those against him and point it out afterward.
For examples: if you talk slowly, with poor grammar, or don’t look like you speak their language and they take you as stupid you can use that to your advantage when you negotiate with them. If you are well dressed/spoken and speak in a comforting way you can probably get 1 good backstab or massive fraud attempt on them before you go to jail (if you are good at it, your mark won’t even know you were the one who ruined his life, jumping to conclusions works both ways FYI. Be careful about anyone).
If you want to teach your kids about the perils of pre-judgment, have them read The Phantom Tollbooth and watch Zootopia
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### Author:  [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/5 "2016-06-04T01:45:13Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#):
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> “When you assume, you make an \*ass \*out of _u_ and _me_.”
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> To be completely truthful, I hate that expression, but it does make the point.
“When you assume, you make an \*ass \*out of _u_. I’m still fine. And I get to point and laugh.”
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### Author:  [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/6 "2016-06-04T02:03:24Z")
> [@TipTapTwo](#):
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> . . . If you want to teach your kids about the perils of pre-judgment, have them read The Phantom Tollbooth and watch Zootopia
I was just gonna say: when you jump to conclusions, you usually have to swim back again.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/7 "2016-06-04T13:02:33Z")
I am sorry but it appears that you have incorrectly used inductive reasoning when there is simply insufficient data to prove that point.
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### Author:  [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/8 "2016-06-04T17:46:20Z")
In the words of Sherlock Holmes in _Study in Scarlet_:
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence."
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### Author:  [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/9 "2016-06-04T18:39:06Z")
Look before you leap.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/10 "2016-06-04T19:43:08Z")
For a really original phrase, there’s “don’t rush to judgment”.
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### Author:  [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/11 "2016-06-04T19:45:06Z")
Don’t judge a book by its cover?
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternative-expressions-to-dont-jump-to-conclusions/756436/12 "2016-06-04T23:42:44Z")
When you **consume** , you make cons out of **u** and **me**.