MurrayL@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agoIf you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's goodmessage-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareIf you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's goodMurrayL@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoAs an non-native speaker “nailed it” for me as good as only exists in his ironic or sarcastic incarnation. So both “screw up” and “nailed it” would be used in a negative way, but in a different context
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 days agoAs a native speaker, nailed it is not always sarcastic.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoE.g. “Did you see that shot he took from mid court? He fucking nailed it!”
As an non-native speaker “nailed it” for me as good as only exists in his ironic or sarcastic incarnation. So both “screw up” and “nailed it” would be used in a negative way, but in a different context
As a native speaker, nailed it is not always sarcastic.
E.g. “Did you see that shot he took from mid court? He fucking nailed it!”