high-hanging fruit
Hard-to-reach goals
High-hanging fruit describes goals or opportunities that require significant effort, skill, or resources to achieve—the opposite of low-hanging fruit.
The metaphor extends the image of picking fruit from a tree: what's high up is harder to reach but may be equally valuable.
After exhausting the easy wins, the team turned to the high-hanging fruit.
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- prioritizationRanking by importance
- trade-offsSacrifices for gains
- heavy liftDifficult logistical challenge
uphill battle · ambition · big picture · long game · diligence · optimization · foresight · planning · exclusivity · opportunity cost · resource allocation · grit · innovation · strategy · stretch goal · resilience · rarity · risk-taking
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Readily attainable objectives
easy pickings · slam dunk · no-brainer · gimme · easy target
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