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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ripe for the picking en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Ready to be taken or exploited.
    • So now, it seems the real question is, If nature is ripe for the picking by capital-oriented farmers, then why should not farmers be ripe for the picking by industrial capitalists? 2003, George L. Henderson, California and the Fictions of Capital, page 136:

Synonyms

ripe for the plucking

Translations (1)

fi kypsä poimittavaksi (Translations)