Reader's Digest 5月号の記事 "Love is a Hoot" から引用します。
Beloved Blossoms
My husband, Larry, was excellent at giving unique gifts. One Chrismas, he gave me 100 daffodil bulbs of all kinds and colors. It is my favorite flower, tied to special memories of my grandmother. However, I have a black thumb and thought, Oh no! Am I going to have to plant all of these? Reading my mind, Larry assured me that planting was part of the gift. He planted all 100 bulbs all over our yard, and they blossom into a beautiful landscape each spring. Larry passed a few years ago, but each spring when the daffodils boom. I know his love still surrounds me.
"black thumb" は聞いたことがありませんが、"green thumb" の反対を意味しているのは明白です。 辞書に掲載されているか確認します。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: a notable inability to make plants grow : a tendency to fail as a gardener: In addition, I have a black thumb that can kill a petunia at 10 paces.
・Wiktionary: A lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.: First of all, call me Sam; second, you should know I have a black thumb when it comes to anything other than cactus.
私も家庭菜園の真似事をしているのですが、"green thumb" でわなく "black thumb" ですね。
Beloved Blossoms
My husband, Larry, was excellent at giving unique gifts. One Chrismas, he gave me 100 daffodil bulbs of all kinds and colors. It is my favorite flower, tied to special memories of my grandmother. However, I have a black thumb and thought, Oh no! Am I going to have to plant all of these? Reading my mind, Larry assured me that planting was part of the gift. He planted all 100 bulbs all over our yard, and they blossom into a beautiful landscape each spring. Larry passed a few years ago, but each spring when the daffodils boom. I know his love still surrounds me.
"black thumb" は聞いたことがありませんが、"green thumb" の反対を意味しているのは明白です。 辞書に掲載されているか確認します。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: a notable inability to make plants grow : a tendency to fail as a gardener: In addition, I have a black thumb that can kill a petunia at 10 paces.
・Wiktionary: A lack of skill in gardening; brown thumb.: First of all, call me Sam; second, you should know I have a black thumb when it comes to anything other than cactus.
私も家庭菜園の真似事をしているのですが、"green thumb" でわなく "black thumb" ですね。
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