green fingers
Example Sentences
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"I guess I have green fingers now," says healthcare assistant Hana Evans.
From BBC
It's clear that her grandmother's green fingers have passed down the generations.
From BBC
One of the most nefarious myths—a true enemy of modern happiness—is the idea that some of us have green fingers or thumbs.
From The New Yorker
“He had green fingers for horses — they all ran for him.”
From New York Times
“Bob Pirie is a man with green fingers who knows how to make money,” David de Rothschild, head of the Rothschild bank in Paris, said at the time.
From New York Times
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