soft touch

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soft touch

noun soft touches

idiomatic A person or group that is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one that loans or readily gives money to another. But Fred Heimach, who batted for Quinn in the Brooklyn half and fanned, proved a soft touch for the Cardinals in the ninth.
Similar: pushover, softy, sucker
idiomatic A comfortable situation; an easy task or undemanding occupation, especially one which is comfortably remunerative. Many people, not in the teaching profession, have the mistaken idea that teaching is a "soft touch."

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@misc{soft_touch_2026,
  title = {soft touch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft%20touch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}