Meaning of Idiom ‘Bear Fruit’
To bear fruit means to produce results; to have a satisfactory outcome or favorable outcome. 1 2
Usage Examples
“If this effort is going to bear fruit we all need to give it our best.”
“He’s had a lot of ideas, but this is the first one to bear fruit.”
“The investigation into his alleged ties to organized crime never bore fruit.”
Origin
This idiom alludes figuratively to a tree producing fruit. The metaphor appears many times in the Bible, especially in regards to “bearing spiritual fruit.”
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References- Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth M. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms. Ware: Wordsworth, 1995.
- Ammer, Christine. American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.