fertile ground
Where crops thrive
Fertile ground is literally soil rich enough to support abundant plant growth, but the phrase appears almost always in its figurative sense: conditions favorable for something to develop or flourish.
Ideas, movements, and beliefs find fertile ground in receptive environments: The economic crisis provided fertile ground for extremist politics.
Her curiosity made her mind fertile ground for new ideas.
- loamyRich in humus
- cultivateGrow or develop purposefully
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- growthIncrease in size
- harvestGathering mature crops
nurture · tillage · compost · planting · abundance · flourishing · bear fruit · opportunity · untapped potential · potential · blank canvas · fallow · plowed · earthworms · mulch · plant seeds · humus · sprouts
- ground(s) wordsgarden, yard, lawn, courtyard, campus
- landscapesmountain, valley, hills, landscape, scenery
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- farmlandfarms, farm, fields, field, barns
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- nature termsecosystem, seed, root, branch, climate
fertile grounddead soil
desert · wasteland · depleted soil · hardpan · salt flat
fertile groundhostile environment
Surroundings posing active threats
dead end · deaf ears · sterile conditions · barren landscape
fertile groundhostile environment
Surroundings posing active threats
dead end · barren soil · hostile territory · uphill battle · brick wall
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