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have green fingers
be good at growing plants
To be especially good at growing and caring for plants.
Hear it in real life
How did you grow such huge tomatoes?
My grandmother has green fingers, so she gave me some advice.
My neighbour has green fingers and can bring almost any plant back to life.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I have green fingers for gardening.
Say: I have green fingers.
This idiom normally stands alone; do not add "for gardening" after it.
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How it fits in a sentence.
I've got green fingers; she has green fingers; my father has green fingers
Your turn: say it out loud
My neighbour has green fingers and can bring almost any plant back to life.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
have green fingers
be good at growing plants
“My neighbour has green fingers and can bring almost any plant back to life.”
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