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

Appropriately for a goalkeeper, Middleton-Patel has green fingers, with tomato plants her favourites.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

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

I remember the five-fingered ferns growing under little waterfalls, bobbing their green fingers as the droplets struck them.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck