Black thumb

A black thumb was the opposite of a green thumb.

Miles O'Brien was known as the black thumb of his household, due to his inability to make plants grow. According to him, the only way he could grow anything was by marrying his wife Keiko, a botanist. (DS9: "Paradise")

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