What ご苦労なこって means here?


I struggle to understand the nuance of ご苦労なこって part in the One Piece panel
below.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FLsC0.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FLsC0.png)

なこって is short for なことで right?

I checked the English translation, it reads "No thank you." So, can I
understand ご苦労なこって as "I appreciate your offer but... (I refuse)."




Yes, こって is a corrupted form of ことで. It's rarely used in reality, and it
usually has a scornful overtone in fiction, like in this scene.

This ご苦労なこって may look like an appreciation, but it actually is a sarcasm. It's
like "What a (pointless) effort" or "You're working hard for nothing". Zoro is
saying Luffy is putting effort to something meaningless.

**EDIT:** Here are other typical examples of こって:

  * のんきなこって。  
Ha, [you] are so easygoing (though you shouldn't be).

  * 幸せそうなこって。  
[He] seems so happy (though it's not enviable).

This type of こって is interchangeable with こった ([modal-
ta](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/21347/5010)).




Yes, こって is a corrupted form of ことで. It's rarely used in reality, and it
usually has a scornful overtone in fiction, like in this scene.

This ご苦労なこって may look like an appreciation, but it actually is a sarcasm. It's
like "What a (pointless) effort" or "You're working hard for nothing". Zoro is
saying Luffy is putting effort to something meaningless.

**EDIT:** Here are other typical examples of こって:

  * のんきなこって。  
Ha, [you] are so easygoing (though you shouldn't be).

  * 幸せそうなこって。  
[He] seems so happy (though it's not enviable).

This type of こって is interchangeable with こった ([modal-
ta](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/21347/5010)).

