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have green fingers

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To have green fingers is to be very good at making plants grow. She must have green fingers.

It is the British form, and Americans say a green thumb. It credits a gift rather than the reading and patience that actually do it.

Definitions of have green fingers

  1. 1phrasehave green fingersTo be very good at making plants grow.B2

    “Anybody with a garden like that must have green fingers.”

have green fingers is a phrase.

Also accepted in games: green thumb, green fingers

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