green thumb
A natural skill for gardening.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“My grandmother has a green thumb; her roses are beautiful.”
“He never studied gardening, but he clearly has a green thumb because his tomatoes grow better than anyone else's.”
“Though she lived in a cramped city apartment, her green thumb transformed the tiny balcony into a lush jungle of herbs and flowers.”
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all fingers and thumbs
Of a person, clumsy or awkward.
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all thumbs
Clumsy; awkward; not dextrous.
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brown thumb
A lack of skill at growing plants; a poor gardening skill.
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butcher's thumb
A dishonest practice in which a butcher uses their thumb to add extra weight to a scale when weighing meat.
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Chinese green
Synonym of lokao.
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fash one's thumb
To bother oneself; to worry about something.
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go green
To implement certain lifestyle changes designed to help one live in a more ecologically friendly way.
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God's green earth
The world.
Last updated August 10, 2026