have green fingers

have green fingers
British & Australian, American to be good at keeping plants healthy and making them grow.

I'm afraid I don't have green fingers. I've killed every plant I've ever owned.

I was just admiring your beautiful plants, Helen. You must have a green thumb.


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  • have green fingers — British to be good at growing plants. You can also say that someone is green fingered. The American expression is have a green thumb …   English dictionary

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  • green-fingered — British & Australian, American have green fingers to be good at keeping plants healthy and making them grow. There s plenty of rainfall from winter through to early spring, which makes it popular with green fingered gardeners …   New idioms dictionary

  • green thumb — noun a special ability to make plants grow • Syn: ↑green fingers • Hypernyms: ↑forte, ↑strong suit, ↑long suit, ↑metier, ↑specialty, ↑speciality, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Green — This article is about the color. For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). Green …   Wikipedia

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