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What does Nice try mean?
What does Nice try mean?
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I watched the video and it is the sarcastic meaning of "nice try."
Nice try has two meanings. Usually, "nice try" means you made a good effort but the result was not very good. It's used for encouragement, so you could say this to someone if they tried something and the result was bad but you want to encourage them. People often say this phrase to little kids to encourage them.
The other meaning is sarcastic, and it means your effort was not good enough, so it is a way of mocking someone. In the video, the purple robot/enemy is trying to drive away, but the yellow robot says "nice try" to mean "you tried to run away from me, but your effort is not good enough. I will still catch you."
If you have more questions or need more explanation, let me know :)
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The yellow robot said this since 2:18 in this video as he's going to chasing his enemy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB7sTU4Fyc
How do i understand "Nice try" in this case? I know the meaning of "Nice try" but i don't know how to describe it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB7sTU4Fyc
How do i understand "Nice try" in this case? I know the meaning of "Nice try" but i don't know how to describe it.
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"nice try" generally means; that was a good effort but it it's not going to do anything.
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I'm sorry i couldn't listen to the whole thing
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I watched the video and it is the sarcastic meaning of "nice try."
Nice try has two meanings. Usually, "nice try" means you made a good effort but the result was not very good. It's used for encouragement, so you could say this to someone if they tried something and the result was bad but you want to encourage them. People often say this phrase to little kids to encourage them.
The other meaning is sarcastic, and it means your effort was not good enough, so it is a way of mocking someone. In the video, the purple robot/enemy is trying to drive away, but the yellow robot says "nice try" to mean "you tried to run away from me, but your effort is not good enough. I will still catch you."
If you have more questions or need more explanation, let me know :)
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@buffhun Since 3:35 in this video, the big gray robot named "Scavenger" said to the yellow robot who's been chasing the purple enemy above "Only you would be so reckless in this kind of weather. What’s wrong, still bent out of shape over the Star Saber?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB7sTU4Fyc
He mean "You're the only one who's careless / reckless in this such weather (since this place is surrounded by fog for whole year)"?
And what does he mean by "Still bent out of shape over the Star Saber"? In previous episodes, the yellow robot held onto a powerful sword named "Star Saber" but he got tricked by the enemy so he lost the sword. And this big gray robot asked him this question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB7sTU4Fyc
He mean "You're the only one who's careless / reckless in this such weather (since this place is surrounded by fog for whole year)"?
And what does he mean by "Still bent out of shape over the Star Saber"? In previous episodes, the yellow robot held onto a powerful sword named "Star Saber" but he got tricked by the enemy so he lost the sword. And this big gray robot asked him this question.
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@DangYeonSim I think you're right about the fog thing. I don't know the full context, but just from looking at the video, it seems like Scavenger is saying the yellow robot is reckless and bad a fighting or something. He says "only you" would be so reckless to mean "other people aren't reckless like you are. you are the only person who is stupid/reckless enough to do this in foggy weather." And I guess he has encountered Scavenger before since he says he's saved him before too.
For the "bent out of shape (over)" thing, it's just an expression that means "angry" or "upset" so he's saying "are you still angry about the star saber?"
It's kind of sarcasm again because it sounds like he doesn't actually care. His tone seems more like "the star saber thing happened a long time ago. why are you still mad about that? get over it."
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@buffhun This is my last question. This is what they said since 3:52 to 4:35 in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB7sTU4Fyc
Hot Shot: Give me a break. I can handle myself just fine in combat. (How do i understand "Give me a break" in this case?)
Scavenger: How you made it this far, I’ll never know. (What does he mean?) Hotshot the yellow robot almost died in previous battle due to his lacking of skills so i think Scavenger said "How you made it this far, I’ll never know" mean he doesn't know why he's still survive until now.
Scavenger: Scavenger: Let me know when you’re finished. You still have a lot to learn. (Can i understand it as "Can you stop mindless attack on me? Because you still have a lot to learn."?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB7sTU4Fyc
Hot Shot: Give me a break. I can handle myself just fine in combat. (How do i understand "Give me a break" in this case?)
Scavenger: How you made it this far, I’ll never know. (What does he mean?) Hotshot the yellow robot almost died in previous battle due to his lacking of skills so i think Scavenger said "How you made it this far, I’ll never know" mean he doesn't know why he's still survive until now.
Scavenger: Scavenger: Let me know when you’re finished. You still have a lot to learn. (Can i understand it as "Can you stop mindless attack on me? Because you still have a lot to learn."?)
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@DangYeonSim first, "give me a break" is an expression that sort of means "stop talking nonsense (give me a break from your nonsense talk)." The other robot is saying "stop talking nonsense" because the other robot calls him an amateur with no skills, so he says "that's nonsense. I have great skills" and then starts shooting to prove his skills.
Next, "how you made it this far, I'll never know" is just a more poetic/dramatic way of saying "I'll never know how you made it this far." Sometimes you can rearrange the sentence this way for dramatic effect. What he means is that "I don't know how you managed to be successful so far because your skills are horrible." It's an insult like, "you can't even hit me right now, so how did you even get to this point with your terrible skills?"
And yes, the last one is about the attacks. He just keeps hitting but his attacks have no effect on Scavenger, so Scavenger is bored like "let me know when you're done/bored attacking me. I'll just wait patiently until you get tired. 🥱"
And the "you still have a lot to learn" could either mean "I'll teach you after you stop fighting me" or "come back and fight me after you learn. you're too pathetic now." Either way though, it still means, "you aren't good enough to fight me now."
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