Avoiding giving your opinion

Sometimes a person asks for your opinion about something and you have nothing to say or you don't want to say your opinion. Here are ten phrases for avoiding giving your opinion.

I couldn't say.
I've never given it much thought.
I don't have any feelings either way.
Your guess is as good as mine.
I (really) don't know what to say.
I really can't say.
You're asking the wrong person.
It doesn't affect me (either way).
It doesn't make any difference to me.
That's an interesting question.

Explanations

• Phrase 1 is a brief expression for saying that you don't have an opinion. Because of its brevity it might seem a bit rude.
• Phrase 2 indicates (in a fairly polite way) that you don't think the question is very interesting because you never think about these things.
• Phrase 3 might be an answer to a question about what somebody is going to do. you are saying that you don't really care.
• Phrases 4 and 5 are saying that you don't have enough information to answer a factual question.
• Phrase 6 is similar to phrase 1. It is saying that you have no opinion or idea about something.
• Phrases 7, 8 and 9 are saying that you are not affected by the topic of the question and so have no opinion or interest in the topic.
• Phrase 10 is often used by politicians. Although they say that the question is interesting