high-hanging fruit
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[edit]Noun
[edit]high-hanging fruit (uncountable)
- (literally) Fruit that, because of its height from the ground, is more difficult to harvest.
- (figuratively) Anything that is difficult to achieve, and which is postponed while simpler alternatives are still available.
- Antonym: low-hanging fruit
- 2007 Ricardo Cavicchioli - Archaea: Molecular and Cellular Biology - Page 455
- The smaller research-based centers will tackle the much more difficult to express, high-hanging fruit, in particular, represented by membrane and posttransationally modified proteins.