green fingers

American  

plural noun

British Informal.

1. green thumb.

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green fingers British  

plural noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: green thumb.  considerable talent or ability to grow plants

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Etymology

Origin of green fingers

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Well you're not cursed and you don't need particularly green fingers for your to foliage to thrive, you just need to know where you might be going wrong, experts say.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Then in late June, the flowers finally gave way to a mass of curled green fingers: the unmistakable shape of bananas in a bunch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2024

But Shreim wasn't born with green fingers: he learned how to set up greenhouses by watching YouTube videos and has gathered tips and tricks from other farmers.

From Reuters • Jun. 12, 2022

“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 • Jan. 28, 2015

It was his favorite part of the afternoon, or should have been: the sun bright and hot in the sky, the plants twitching their green fingers.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby