If you screw something up it's bad, but if you nailed it it's good

Stick with it; don’t bolt.

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squaresinger@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 319d

If you screw it down it's pretty solid though.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 319d

Screws are temporary, nails are permanent is how I see people rationale it.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 319d

That's tight

DarkMetatron@feddit.org · 1 pts · 319d (2 replies)

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

TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 319d (1 reply)

As a native speaker, nailed it is not always sarcastic.

teft@piefed.social · 6 pts · 318d

E.g. “Did you see that shot he took from mid court? He fucking nailed it!”