| low-hanging fruit | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach |
| 2. | a course of action that can be undertaken quickly and easily as part of a wider range of changes or solutions to a problem: first pick the low-hanging fruit |
| 3. | a suitable company to buy as a straightforward investment opportunity |
| Main Entry: | low-hanging fruit |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | something easily achieved or obtained; the most readily achievable goal |
| Example: | Let's attempt the low-hanging fruit before the more difficult projects. |
| Etymology: | 1984 |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |