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.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
have green fingers — british phrase to be good at growing plants You can also say that someone is green fingered . The American expression is have a green thumb . Thesaurus: gardeninghyponym Main entry: green … Useful english dictionary
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
green fingers — noun a special ability to make plants grow • Syn: ↑green thumb • Hypernyms: ↑forte, ↑strong suit, ↑long suit, ↑metier, ↑specialty, ↑speciality, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
green fingers, have — Be successful at gardening, green light Permission to proceed, greens Vegetables … A concise dictionary of English slang
green — green1 W2S1 [gri:n] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(colour)¦ 2¦(grassy)¦ 3¦(fruit/plant)¦ 4¦(environment)¦ 5¦(without experience)¦ 6¦(ill)¦ 7 green with envy 8 the green eyed monster 9 have green fingers 10 the green stuff … Dictionary of contemporary English
green — 1 /gri:n/ adjective 1 COLOUR having the colour of grass or leaves: Go on the traffic lights have turned green! | green eyes 2 GRASSY covered with green grass: green fields 3 FRUIT/PLANT very young, or not yet ready to be eaten: The bananas are… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
green — I UK [ɡriːn] / US [ɡrɪn] adjective Word forms green : adjective green comparative greener superlative greenest *** 1) something that is green is the same colour as grass. If something is similar to this colour, you can say that it is a greenish… … English dictionary
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
