black thumb

短语

词形变化

black thumbs 复数 black thumbs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.

  2. 2.

    An inability to make animals or plants in one's care thrive.

  3. 3.

    A person with a black thumb.

  4. 4.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, thumb.

词源

By analogy to green thumb.

来源：wiktionary