Yes, that's exactly what it is. A company may wish to make sales of their product by sending a catalog to potential new customers through the mail. But they wish to send the catalog to only people who live in certain parts of a city where people have a high income. They are "Cherry-picking" for the easiest and most likely person to buy their product.
The term "Cherry-picker" comes from that machine (Crane) that raises a man above the tree to pick the cherries. It is very easy to get the cherries this way from the outside, but the cherries that are inside the tree are not worth the time and money to pick, so they are left there for others.
Natasha
Haliman <***@gmx.net> wrote:
Hi Luis,
My dictionary says:
cherry-pick is a transitive verb that means: to choose the best people
or things from a group and leave those which are not so good.
I hope it helps.
Cheers,
Haliman
Post by Luis CabralHi all
Do you know what the expression 'cherry picking' means?
The context? I am afraid there is not much... I just overheard someone
using this expression in a phrase like 'I want to see if they cherry
pick them...'
By the way the people who used this expression were British, but all
contributions will be welcome!
Thanks
Luis
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