low-hanging fruit

noun

1. the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach

2. a course of action that can be undertaken quickly and easily as part of a wider range of changes or solutions to a problem

   first pick the low-hanging fruit

3. a suitable company to buy as a straightforward investment opportunity

Example Sentences

Removals of small boat migrants are modest and many of these are legally low-hanging fruit, such as the brief phenomenon of a rush of Albanian nationals.

From BBC

“We’re losing a low-hanging fruit in our health toolkit when we’re reading or participating in the arts less,” added Sonke, the director of research initiatives at the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and co-director of the university’s EpiArts Lab.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite claims to be going after the “worst of the worst,” agents — under pressure to meet draconian quotas handed down by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller — have largely focused on low-hanging fruit: Everyday people who haven’t committed crimes and are therefore easy to find at home, work or, perversely, when they are meeting with immigration officials in hopes of securing a legal pathway to citizenship.

From Salon

First, in terms of gerrymandering, the low-hanging fruit is already picked over.

From Salon

For a provocateur like Aster, who has made a name for himself decapitating teenagers and giving audiences a front row seat to ritual solstice suicides, peak COVID-era chaos almost seems like low-hanging fruit.

From Salon