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Meanings of green fingers in English

A special ability to make plants grow.

Synonyms
Examples for "green thumb"
Examples for "green thumb"
1
The plants did fine; I guess I've always had a green thumb.
Organic Gardener's Composting
2
It certainly takes a green thumb.' Patrik gave a nervous laugh.
The preacher
3
EBONY.com talks with Anderson about his new venture and his budding green thumb.
Ebony
4
Her mother was an amateur horticulturist with an impressive green thumb.
Eve of darkness
5
It stood out like a green thumb, a patch of bright and poisonous-looking vegetation.
Dayworld
Usage of green fingers in English
1
Chixs green fingers tapped a code into a keyboard on the table.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
2
I love the trend for houseplants, but I don't have green fingers!
The Irish Times
3
Fronds lashed the car, probing into the broken windshield like green fingers.
Mech
4
Dom turned again and ran his pale green fingers over his face.
The dark side of the sun
5
Under the green fingers of the leaves the crystal strings sounded faint and hollow.
Romance of the Rabbit
6
GARDENING:You might have green fingers, but do you have a fertile mind to match?
The Irish Times
7
Imagine the chaos of hundreds of 11 year olds running around checking for green fingers.
Wired
8
Keep those green fingers warm even during winter.
The South African
9
His long green fingers clenched around his tumbler.
From a Certain Point of View
10
You don't need green fingers (they are a myth) or a degree in Latin.
The Irish Times
11
All neatly mown, but it would take more than Charlie Dimmock to stimulate Norwegian green fingers.
The Irish Times
12
The cactacae beside Mr. Motley unclasped his massive hands and rubbed his callused green fingers together.
Perdido Street Station
13
Yet I sat by my doorstep unsleeping for hours, until dawn's first green fingers crept upon me.
A Time of Changes
14
I remember the five-fingered ferns growing under the little waterfalls, bobbing their green fingers as the droplets struck them.
East of eden
15
There was a fine glasshouse, and my father, not a man with green fingers decided, anyway to grow tomatoes.
The Irish Times
16
She was gifted with green fingers, and could make anything grow, having inherited her skill from her gardener father.
Independent.ie
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Green fingers across language varieties
Ireland
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