low-hanging fruit en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.
But, Florida aside, the low-hanging fruit is not in Dixie.
2008, Thomas F. Schaller, Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, page 166:Meanwhile, it is nearly a year and a half since the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) came up with a lower-cost plan to electrify key freight routes, with added benefits for passenger services. The link to London Gateway could be wired for £8 million, which it called the "the lowest of low-hanging fruit".
2024 June 26, Paul Clifton, “Rail freight's agenda to survive and thrive”, in RAIL, number 1012, page 41:the low-hanging fruit are picked first
2007, Nick Johnstone, Environmental Policy and Corporate Behaviour, page 97:But, we want to identify, the low-hanging fruit that we can harvest this year.
2010, Dany Shukran, Best Practices: On Conducting International Meetings, page 18:Low-hanging fruits are those actions that garner early agreement and that are obtainable in the short run.
2004, Sarah James with Torbjörn Lahti, The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns Can Change to, page 201:For Tram Trains for Edinburgh Secretary Mark Boggis, the South Sub [South Suburban Railway] is "low-hanging fruit" which could be developed "relatively quickly".
2025 November 26, Conrad Landin, “Edinburgh eyes on tram-trains?”, in RAIL, number 1049, page 35:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| low hanging fruit | alternative | lexicographic | |
| low-hanging fruits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Relateds
easy pickings · easy money · like a ripe plum
Translations (5)
es un mango bajito (Translations) · de leichte Beute (Translations) · el ώριμο φρούτο (Translations) · pl łatwa zdobycz (Translations) · nl laaghangend fruit (Translations)