green thumb
Example Sentences
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But my green thumb ached as workers sawed down the tree, took away everything — trunk, twigs, leaves, fruit, roots — in biohazard bags and tagged the remaining trees with a bill of clean health.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
A walking red flag with a green thumb, he goes by the name Narvel Roth, which is surely some sort of punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
My reading also resolved a lifelong obstacle to gardening: my lack of a green thumb.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023
Outside of school, Reagan enjoys ceramics, obsessing over Victorian literature, and trying to keep her plants alive, although her succulents are proof that she may not have a green thumb.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023
When I was little, Papa used to tell me that instead of a green thumb, Tūtū had a green ear.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
