Ripe for (something) adjective
To be ready for something to happen
Time is ripe for the village to develop tourism.
He is ripe for the transfer to a new club.
The country is ripe for electoral reform.
Used to emphasize one's availability or openness to a situation
It is impossible for a person to change his or her innate or fundamental nature.
He said he would quit alcohol, but he still can't desist from drinking. Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.