广播电视英语短句 第 151 课：词语-绿色-3

The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country. 新手在困苦艰难的城市中缺乏生活技巧。

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. 通常都说有能力养好植物的人他有一只绿拇指。

The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
这个表语来自一十九世纪早期。

A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. 有绿拇指的人它的触摸就好像有一种魔力能使植物迅速生长和茂盛。

You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. 如果某个女性养的植物。