#idiom #slang

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#slang term of the day is ”Green thumb”,

which means “a special talent for gardening, the ability to make anything grow”.

Origin: This term presumably alludes to the stained fingers of a gardener. [First half of 1900s]

”Green thumb”,

Time for a #videoexample! #slang term of the day is

”Green thumb”,

which means “a special talent for gardening, the ability to make anything grow”.

Usage in a movie ("Delivery Man")

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- I've built a little hydroponic greenhouse in my apartment

- You're... You're growing pot?

- And you're the only person I know with a green thumb.

- And you want me to grow pot?

- Yeah.

- Right. Absolutely.

#phrasalverb of the day is “Hand around”,

which means “to give things to all people in a group”.

Here’s #videoexample! Usage in a movie

("My Life in Ruins")

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- Oh, I've got everyone a little souvenir to remember our trip together.

- This must have cost you a shload!

- Oh, no, it was nothing. Hand those around, would you, dear?

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