Idiom
brown thumb
Meaning
A lack of skill at growing plants; a poor gardening skill.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have a brown thumb and kill every plant I buy.”
“She admits she has a brown thumb, so she only keeps succulents that need almost no water.”
“Despite his grandmother's legendary garden, he inherited only her brown thumb, watching helplessly as even hardy herbs withered in his care.”
Examples
simple
“I have a brown thumb and kill every plant I buy.”
contextual
“She admits she has a brown thumb, so she only keeps succulents that need almost no water.”
complex
“Despite his grandmother's legendary garden, he inherited only her brown thumb, watching helplessly as even hardy herbs withered in his care.”
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