green fingers

/'gri:n'fiɳgəz/

Thân thiện

She has green fingers and her garden is always full of blooms.

Definition

Noun: - A special natural ability or talent for gardening and making plants grow well. This term describes a person's skill in cultivating plants, often implying they have an intuitive understanding of what plants need.

Usage

This noun is typically used in a positive sense to compliment someone's gardening skills. It is often used with the verb "have." - You really have green fingers; your garden is always so beautiful. - My grandmother has green fingers. Everything she plants thrives.

Advanced Usage

• "To be blessed with green fingers": To naturally possess great gardening skill.
  • She seems to be blessed with green fingers; her balcony is like a miniature jungle.

Variants and Related Words

• Green thumb: (noun, chiefly North American) This is the most common synonym and variant for "green fingers."
  • He has a real green thumb when it comes to growing tomatoes.

Synonyms

• Gardening skill: A more formal term for the ability.
• Horticultural talent: A formal term referring to skill in garden cultivation.

Related Idioms

• To have a way with plants: To have a natural skill for handling and growing plants.
  • She has a way with plants; even the sickliest ones recover under her care.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a special ability to make plants grow

Từ đồng nghĩa

• green thumb