MurrayL@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoIf you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's goodmessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareIf you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's goodMurrayL@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagiilaro@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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-up9·3 months agoAs a native speaker, nailed it is not always sarcastic.
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.