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.
People are always inclined to flatter or please a rich man by laughing at his joke which may not be a very good one.
Everyone at the table always flatter the boss by praising his humor. A rich man's jokes are always funny.