plant pears for your heirs

proverb Take action that will benefit your heirs. Pear trees traditionally took such a long time to yield fruit that one would plant them for the benefit of the next generation. You should look into setting up some sort of trust fund that will grow over time and help your children when you're no longer here. Plant pears for your heirs, as they say.

词组	plant pears for your heirs
释义	plant pears for your heirs plant pears for your heirs proverb Take action that will benefit your heirs. Pear trees traditionally took such a long time to yield fruit that one would plant them for the benefit of the next generation. You should look into setting up some sort of trust fund that will grow over time and help your children when you're no longer here. Plant pears for your heirs, as they say. See also: heir, pear, plant Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: for (one's) benefit for somebody's benefit of benefit Why buy a cow when (the) milk is free? Why buy a cow when milk is (so) cheap? Why buy a cow when you can get (the) milk for free? Why buy a cow when you can get milk for free? crime crime does not pay crime doesn't pay
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