bent nail
Hammer's unfortunate result
A bent nail is a nail that has been deformed from its straight shape, typically from being struck at an angle or hitting something hard.
The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for something damaged but still potentially useful, or for a minor setback: Every carpenter has a jar of bent nails somewhere.
- crookedBent or dishonest
- hammerTool for striking nails
- pry barLever for forcing things
- straightenMake linear or orderly
- rustyCorroded or unpracticed
pry · wood · construction · puncture · tetanus · tetanus shot · pliers · pull · twist · metal · scrap metal · carpentry · board · salvage · mangled · yank · claw · shank
- fastener failuresstripped screw, loose screw, stripped bolt, broken zipper, stuck zipper
- Damaged Thingsbroken glass, broken window, cracked screen, shattered glass, shattered mirror
- Hand Ailmentstrigger finger, carpal tunnel, jammed finger, broken finger, finger fracture
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
- junktrash, garbage, refuse, rubbish, waste