ripe for the picking

adjective

Ready to be taken or exploited.

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ripe for the plucking
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Meanings

adjective
  1. idiomaticReady to be taken or exploited.

    So now, it seems the real question is, If nature is ripe for the picking by capital-oriented farmers, then why should not farmers be ripe for the picking by industrial capitalists?

    2003, George L. Henderson, California and the Fictions of Capital, page 136

    Synonyms: ripe for the plucking

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveReady to be taken or exploited.

Similar
ripe for the plucking
Also see
ripe for the plucking

Translations

Finnish kypsä poimittavaksi
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Cite this entry
APA

ripe for the picking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ripe%20for%20the%20picking

MLA

“ripe for the picking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ripe%20for%20the%20picking. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ripe for the picking,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ripe%20for%20the%20picking.

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