"not grow on trees" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Willie Clarke, Johnny Pearsall (lyrics and music), “True Love Don’t Grow on Trees”, in Sings Sweet Soul!, performed by Helene Smith, Miami, USA: Deep City Records, LP 1001:",
          "text": "But I think you should know\nBefore you let love go\nThat true love just don't grow\nOn trees",
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          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32:",
          "text": "‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’",
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          "ref": "2018 February 2, Tyler Orton, “‘Fuel-cell experts don’t grow on trees’: Ottawa pledges $670k to industry group”, in Business Vancouver:",
          "text": "The reason why they’re so interested in what we have here is fuel-cell experts don’t grow on trees and it’s relatively high-level expertise you need.",
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        "To be rare, not abundant, not easily acquired."
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        "(idiomatic) To be rare, not abundant, not easily acquired."
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          "word": "ne pas se trouver sous le sabot d’un cheval"
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