have green fingers


to be good with plants and gardening

TRANSLATION

einen grünen Daumen haben

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Marriage of minds - and GREEN FINGERS. Val Dillon may not be as well known as his wife in gardening circles, but his passion for plants matches hers."

(Sunday Times - 11th February 2001)

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green fingers

Interesting that in Germany we have a green thumb, whereas in the English-speaking world it's green fingers.

Here are some more green expressions for you:


- the Green Party = die Grünen

- green about the gills = blass um die Nase

- green with envy = gelb vor Neid

- the green light = die Genehmigung, die Erlaubnis

- green revolution = die Agrarrevolution

- green house = das Gewächshaus

- green tax = die Umweltsteuer

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