Idiom Breakdown

low-hanging fruit

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Definition

Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.

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"Low-hanging fruits are those actions that garner early agreement and that are obtainable in the short run."
"the low-hanging fruit are picked first"
"But, Florida aside, the low-hanging fruit is not in Dixie."
"But, we want to identify, the low-hanging fruit that we can harvest this year."
"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"."
"For Tram Trains for Edinburgh Secretary Mark Boggis, the South Sub [South Suburban Railway] is "low-hanging fruit" which could be developed "relatively quickly"."

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