green thumb
Meaning: Natural ability to grow plants.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The expression suggests that success with growing plants is a result of having a thumb that is the color of healthy plants.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- hand in glove — Close or intimate.
- hand over fist — Extremely quickly.
- hand to mouth — To live in poor conditions from day to day; to be impoverished.
- head and shoulders above — At a much higher level.
- have one's head in the clouds — To be impractical or absent-minded; to be unaware of what is going on around one.
- head over heels in love — Very much in love; uncontrollably in love.
More English idioms
- heart to heart — Serious and intimate.
- hit the nail on the head — To come to the right conclusion.
- not hold one's breath — To not wait for something to happen because it probably won't happen soon, if at all.
- hold one's tongue — To refrain from speaking.
- huff and puff — To be out of breath (sentence 1) or to threaten ineffectually (sentence 2).
- in over one's head — Beyond one's capability (sentence 1); to have taken on more than one can cope with (sente…
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