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Meaning of ripe for the picking | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Ready to be taken or exploited.

Examples

“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?”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

ripe for the plucking ripeish riper ripest Riphaean ripicolous