Meanings
- simileWith no effort on one's part.
She was like a ripe plum falling into my hand!
1997, Linda Chaikin, The Pirate and His Lady4 more examples
I could pull it off, like a bird, single handed; but with you, in a manner of speaking, always round the corner, and ready to help me with your sage counsel, failure is impossible. She is like a ripe plum hanging on the tree, Billy .
1877, James Greenwood, Dick Temple, page 195If they can bring Round Pond to her knees, the rest of the world will fall like a ripe plum.
1976 ·, James A. McCracken, Innocents at Sea, page 193"Then you must seek her out! She isn't going to just fall into your lap like a ripe plum, my boy,” the duke insisted.
2010, Adrienne Basso, How to Seduce a Sinner, page 43You said yourself he'd only to wait and the mine would have dropped into his lap like a ripe plum.
2013, John Fletcher, A Far Country
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