Mshowerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyMurrayL If you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's goodStick with it; don’t bolt.View original on lemmy.world180Comments6
MMagiilaro feddit.org2Hide 2 repliesAs 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 context1
If you screw it down it's pretty solid though.
Screws are temporary, nails are permanent is how I see people rationale it.
That's tight
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!”