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Meanings of green thumb in inglês

Community gardening program within the New York City Parks Department.

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A special ability to make plants grow.

Usage of green thumb in inglês
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
6
And see what your green thumb can do with that African violet on the counter.
Chocolate chip cookie murder
7
Yes, he had always had a green thumb.
Laughter in the dark
8
Then he called lightly across the crowd, Lovely Dagmar of the green thumb, sing for us!
Dagmar's daughter
9
Had she stuck out like a green thumb?
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
10
I just wish I had a green thumb, and I could grow some in the yard.
Death Mask
11
Hazel had a green thumb and was known for growing the most beautiful flowers in the region.
The frog princess
12
I'm no good at boats in bottles, and my wife was the one with the green thumb.'
Bag of Bones
13
But not everyone has space for keeping a compost heap, and not everyone's got a green thumb.
Wired
14
Jenny didn't exactly have a green thumb.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
15
Moreover, he himself was not a farmer, and had never even had a green thumb for gardening.
Earth Abides
16
And she's developed her green thumb lately.
Life
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