black thumb
/B L AE1 K TH AH0 M/noun
- 1
A lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.
- 2
(more generally) An inability to make animals or plants in one's care thrive.
- 3
A person with a black thumb.
- 4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, thumb.
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