English Explanatory Dictionary

black thumb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.
  2. 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.

Word forms

black thumb black thumbs

Etymology

By analogy to green thumb.

Antonyms

green thumb
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