fertile ground

Syllable breakdown

Dictionary meaning

conditions, circumstances, or an environment that are particularly conducive to growth, development, or the success of an idea, project, or movement; soil metaphor applied to the conditions under which things flourish — as rich, well-structured soil with adequate moisture and nutrients enables crops to reach their maximum potential, fertile ground for an idea or enterprise provides the social, economic, or intellectual conditions in which it can grow and develop most vigorously; to describe a community, institution, or historical moment as fertile ground for a particular development is to identify the enabling conditions that make that development likely or inevitable, suggesting that the seed of the idea has found exactly the environment it needs to germinate and grow