other way to say "I am not willing to do that"

[Conoscenza SIlente]

Hi all
When someone proposes you something that you reject straight away, are there other ways preferably shorter to say "I am not will willing to do that"?
I know "I am not into that" but looks to me too informal to be used only with strict friends.
Do you know other ways to say that?
Thanks a lot
Kind Regards

 

[BobK]

One that I like, but is probably rather old-fashioned, is 'Wild horses couldn't drag me/make me...'. If the propsed action involves handling, 'I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole'. If the other person proposes that s/he will do something you don't want, s/he'll 'do it over my dead body'.

More generally you could say 'I wouldn't do that if you paid me/for all the <valuable thing>' - for example 'I wouldn't do that for all the money in the world'. A well-worn one (rather clichéd) is '...for all the tea in China'.

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[5jj]

"I'd rather not."

That's short enough.

 

[Conoscenza SIlente]

Hey
thanks a lot for all those ways!
I like them a lot!
I can tell you that In my office I frequently haer the sentence "I wouldn't do that" or "I'd rather do that"..so they sound appropriate for formal environments.
Kind Regards
CS

 

[Barb_D]

A lot depends on what has been proposed.

Did the person think you'd like it, but you don't? Oh thank you, but I'd rather not.
Did the person make a suggestion that he realized was not something you would want to do, that causes and advantage for him and a disadvantage to you? No, I'm sorry, that's out of the question.
Was it a true impertinence? The Queen of England herself could ask you to pole dance naked in Trafalgar Square, and you'd be within your rights to say "I should say NOT!"

 

[BobK]

Hey
thanks a lot for all those ways!
I like them a lot!
I can tell you that In my office I frequently haer the sentence "I wouldn't do that" or "I'd rather do that"..so they sound appropriate for formal environments.
Kind Regards
CS

:up: All mine were rather extreme (and so not appropriate for formal contexts). So 5jj's 'I'd rather not' would be more appropriate.

b