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Colorful idioms used in English
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Colorful English!
Word or Phrase: Part of Speech: Idiom or General?: Usage? Restricted?
green thumb noun 1: general wide No
Meaning:
1) a special ability or skill at making plants grow.
Example(s):
1) When I was a kid, I sure seemed to have a green thumb, but now that I am trying to grow things on my balcony, everything seems to die.

Note: green-thumbed is the adjective form.