black thumb
black thumb · black thumbs
A lack of skill in gardeningA lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.
Meaning
4 sensesA lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.
(broadly)An inability to make animals or plants in one's care thrive.
A person with a black thumb.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, thumb.
Origin
By analogy to green thumb.By analogy to green thumb.
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Forms
plural: black thumbs| Singular | black thumb |
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| Plural | black thumbs |
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