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not grow on trees

not grow on trees verb: to be rare, not abundant, not easily acquired.

Verb

not grow on trees

  1. (idiomatic) To be rare, not abundant, not easily acquired.
    • But I think you should know
      Before you let love go
      That true love just don't grow
      On trees1967, Willie Clarke, Johnny Pearsall, “True Love Don’t Grow on Trees”, in Sings Sweet Soul!, performed by Helene Smith, Miami, USA: Deep City Records, LP 1001
    • ‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32

Questions about not grow on trees

What does not grow on trees mean?
Not grow on trees means to be rare, not abundant, not easily acquired.
What part of speech is not grow on trees?
Not grow on trees is a verb.

Words near not grow on trees in the dictionary

  1. NOT functions
  2. NOT gate
  3. NOT gates
  4. not give much for someone's chances
  5. not going anywhere
  6. not grow on trees
  7. not guilties
  8. not guilty
  9. not half
  10. not half bad
  11. not happy, Jan

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