high-hanging fruit

Noun

 * 1)  Fruit that, because of its height from the ground, is more difficult to harvest.
 * 2)  Anything that is difficult to achieve, and which is postponed while simpler alternatives are still available.
 * 3) * 2007 Ricardo Cavicchioli - Archaea: Molecular and Cellular Biology - Page 455
 * The smaller research-based centers will tackle the much more difficult to express, high-hanging fruit, in particular, represented by membrane and posttransationally modified proteins.
 * The smaller research-based centers will tackle the much more difficult to express, high-hanging fruit, in particular, represented by membrane and posttransationally modified proteins.