【学个习语】- low hanging fruit

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From time to time at work, I heard people used the expression "low hanging fruit", and today again, it was used in a meeting...

Here is the explanation of this phase:

"We have Mother Nature to thank for the expression low hanging fruit. A fruit-bearing tree often contains some branches low enough for animals and humans to reach without much effort. The fruit contained on these lower branches may be not be as ripe or attractive as the fruit on higher limbs, but it is usually more abundant and easier to harvest. From this we get the popular expression "low hanging fruit", which generally means selecting the easiest targets with the least amount of effort.

In business, the term low hanging fruit is often associated with the sale of consumer products or services. Sales professionals, especially those who are just entering the field, are encouraged to seek out the easiest customers first, which sales managers may call "low hanging fruit." Competitors may spend more of their time seeking out the higher commission sales of higher "customer branches", leaving the low hanging fruit behind for others to claim. Parents seeking low-cost insurance for school-age children, for example, may be considered low hanging fruit by insurance companies."

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谢小薇的分享和讲解,学习了。 -斯葭- 给 斯葭 发送悄悄话 斯葭 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 08:23:37

thanks. -tingfeng- 给 tingfeng 发送悄悄话 (128 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 09:49:16

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谢谢小薇,我来告密! -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (73 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 14:23:54

密告的好!Jingbei系蓝声的骄傲。go admiring. -rockcurrent- 给 rockcurrent 发送悄悄话 rockcurrent 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 14:50:04

got it. thanks! -小源- 给 小源 发送悄悄话 小源 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 14:55:23

Learned. Thanks Xiaowei. -EnLearner- 给 EnLearner 发送悄悄话 EnLearner 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/13/2012 postreply 22:00:48

Thanks!嗯,最开始和京北学过,那时记得jennea也在。 -beautifulwind- 给 beautifulwind 发送悄悄话 beautifulwind 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 01:52:16

I am a low hanging fruit always! -NewVoice- 给 NewVoice 发送悄悄话 NewVoice 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 05:15:32

谢谢大家的评论。 -同学小薇- 给 同学小薇 发送悄悄话 同学小薇 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 03/14/2012 postreply 07:20:28

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