Be ripe for the picking phrase informal
This phrase refers to fruit that is ready to be collected.
If something is ripe for picking, it is in an ideal position or at the perfect stage to be utilized, benefited or exploited, etc.
If we can establish our brand quickly and effectively enough, this new industry will be ripe for the picking.
This house is ripe for the picking when we finish making an agreement with them.
Used when someone or something is no longer in the best, most successful, or most productive stage
The verb "be" should be conjugated according to its tense.
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.