Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

like a ripe plum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: like a ripe -plum
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

With no effort on one's part.

Example Sentences

"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 ."
"If they can bring Round Pond to her knees, the rest of the world will fall like a ripe plum."
"She was like a ripe plum falling into my hand!"
""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."
"You said yourself he'd only to wait and the mine would have dropped into his lap like a ripe plum."

Phrases

easy pickings low-hanging fruit

Frequently Paired Words

easy pickings low-hanging fruit

Questions

What does like a ripe plum mean?: With no effort on one's part.

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