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To nail it
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To nail it
means to do something perfectly or achieve success in a particular task or activity. It means to do something really well or perfectly.
Examples:
1- After rehearsing his proposal speech, he nailed it, and she said yes!
2- I thought I nailed it by attempting to impress my friends with my dance moves at the party, but I ended up tripping over my own feet and knocking over the snack table instead.
Hello and welcome to daily English. Today's idiom is to nail it, once again, to nail it. Let’s listen to two example sentences with this idiom and try to guess what it means.
After months of practicing her speech, Jane nailed it at the competition and won first place.
The marketing team worked hard on the new campaign, and they really nailed it with their creative approach.
As you might guess, to nail it means to do something perfectly or achieve success in a particular task or activity. It means to do something really well or perfectly.
Let’s listen to two more example sentences with this idiom.
I thought I nailed it by attempting to impress my friends with my dance moves at the party, but I ended up tripping over my own feet and knocking over the snack table instead.
This person tried to impress their friends with dance moves at a party and thought they were succesful, but they tripped over their own feet and knocked over the snack table, making a huge mess.
After rehearsing his proposal speech, he nailed it, and she said yes!
In this example, the man practiced his proposal speech many times. When the big moment came, he did it perfectly, and his partner said yes.
What was the last thing you did that made you feel like you totally nailed it?