MurrayL@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoIf you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's goodmessage-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-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-219 days agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 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-up13·19 days agoAs a native speaker, nailed it is not always sarcastic.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 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!”