low-hanging fruit

British  

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

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Example Sentences

Revisit your payroll elections for 2026: Let’s start with the low-hanging fruit, how to reduce taxable income.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Rosenior has focused on addressing other low-hanging fruit.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

And there isn’t much low-hanging fruit left in the existing oil fields, which means there could be more work for oil-field-services companies when commodity prices do improve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Timmer calls international stocks “the low-hanging fruit of diversification” because of overseas markets’ lower valuations and correlations to U.S. stocks.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

The boy tilted one ear up at a low-hanging fruit, almost as if he were listening to it.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat