low hanging fruit
Effortless early wins
Low hanging fruit refers to goals easily achieved or problems easily solved—the obvious targets requiring minimal effort.
The metaphor comes from fruit picking: what hangs lowest is easiest to reach.
In business and strategy, it describes quick wins pursued before tackling harder challenges: Let's go after the low hanging fruit first.
Sometimes disparaging: That's just low hanging fruit.
- achievableAble to be accomplished
- easyRequiring minimal effort
- easy winUnchallenging victory
- obviousEasily perceived, unmistakable
- accessibleAble to be reached
simple · quick fix · quick win · uncomplicated · easy pickings · picking off · straightforward · effortless · cherry-picking · opportunity · first step · advantage · no-brainer · easy target · elementary · optimization · efficiency · soft target
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, cool as a cucumber, bad egg, apples and oranges
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- opportunitygolden opportunity, window of opportunity, opportunity knocks, once in a lifetime, golden chance
- Work JargonASAP, FYI, EOD, synergy, deliverable
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- work idiomsburning out, rat race, climb the ladder, glass ceiling, golden handshake
low hanging fruituphill battle
Difficult prolonged endeavor
tough nut to crack · heavy lifting · moonshot · Mount Everest · steep climb
low hanging fruitholy grail
Supremely elusive objective
crown jewel · brass ring · whale · main event · game changer
lower, lowest, lowness, hang, hangs, hanging, hanger, hanged, overhang