C1idiominformalbusiness
low-hanging fruit
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tasks or targets that are easy to achieve and give quick results
Common office jargon, so some people find it a cliché. It is uncountable: 'the low-hanging fruit', not 'fruits'.
In context
Let's start with the low-hanging fruit, like fixing the broken links on our site.
Turning off lights at night is low-hanging fruit for cutting energy costs.
More idioms about business
- a ballpark figurea rough number that is close to the real amount
- a big playera powerful and important person or company in a field
- a bottlenecka point where progress slows because too much has to pass through it
- a deal breakera fact or condition that makes you refuse to accept an agreement
- a dog-eat-dog worlda situation where people compete hard and will harm others to succeed