low-hanging fruit

See also: low hanging fruit

English

A child picking the low-hanging fruit

Alternative forms

• low hanging fruit

Pronunciation

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Noun

low-hanging fruit (plural low-hanging fruits)

1. (idiomatic) Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.
   • 2007, Nick Johnstone, Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour, page 97:

     the low-hanging fruit are picked first

   • 2008, Thomas F. Schaller, Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, page 166:

     But, Florida aside, the low-hanging fruit is not in Dixie.

   • 2010 Dany Shukrun, UCC F2F "But, we want to identify, the low-hanging fruit that we can harvest this year!"

Translations

Translations

• Greek: ώριμο φρούτο (órimo froúto)
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See also

• easy pickings
• like a ripe plum