green thumb

Arabic translation: شخص شديد العناية بالنباتات

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English term or phrase:	green thumb
Arabic translation:	شخص شديد العناية بالنباتات
Entered by:	muhammad turman

01:34 Jan 6, 2003

English to Arabic translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: green thumb

I have a green thumb.

in conversation.

muhammad turman KudoZ activity Questions: 184 (6 open) Answers: 653 United States
Local time: 05:04

شخص شديد العناية بالنباتات

Explanation:
Oxfor Dictionary defines green thumb as:

If a person has Br and Aus green fingers/Am a green thumb, they are good at making plants grow.
Helen's got green fingers - plants in her care just flourish!
I'm afraid I'm not very Br and Aus green-fingered/AM green-thumbed.

شخص رؤوف بالنباتات
شخص شديد الولع بالنباتات

Selected response from:

Sami Khamou
Local time: 05:04

Grading comment

Thank you Sami.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

شخص شديد العناية بالنباتات

Sami Khamou

5 +1

يد تنبت ما تزرع/ ماهر في الزراعة

Ali Darwish

تعوزه الخبرة

sarsam

Answers

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

شخص شديد العناية بالنباتات

Sami Khamou
Local time: 05:04
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 824

Grading comment

Thank you Sami.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

يد تنبت ما تزرع/ ماهر في الزراعة

Explanation:
Green thumb (and green fingers, its Australin and British counterpart, as Sami rightly points out)means:

someone who is very good at gardening and their plants grow well. Someone Skilled in making plants grow.

In African American slang, a green thumb is someone who has the knack to make money , derived from the main expression by colour association of green plants and green dollars.

For the standard expression, I would say: ماهر في الزراعة. Other Arabic expressions may be considered:

يدٌ خيّرة في الزراعة
يد طيبة في الزراعة
يد تنبت ما تزرع
يدٌ تفلح فيما تفلح

Cheers
Ali

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Note added at 2003-01-06 02:42:00 (GMT) Post-grading
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Muhammad - that was too quick. Give a chance to help you, will you? Cheers, Ali .

Ali Darwish
Australia
Local time: 19:04
Native speaker of:

English,

Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 60

2 days 17 hrs confidence:

تعوزه الخبرة

Explanation:
غير ملم بالموضوع او المادة

sarsam
United States
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in pair: 313

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