(an) easy soft touch

(an) easy soft touch
an easy/a soft ˈtouch idiom
(informal) a person that you can easily persuade to do sth, especially to give you money

Unfortunately, my father is no soft touch.

Main entry:touchidiom

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  • soft touch — {n.} A person with a sympathetic disposition from whom it is easy to get help, primarily money. * /My Uncle Herb is a soft touch; whenever I m in need I ask him for a quick twenty bucks./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • soft touch (also easy touch) — informal a person who is easily persuaded or imposed upon. → soft …   English new terms dictionary

  • be an soft touch — be an easy/soft touch if someone is an easy touch, it is easy to persuade them to do what you want them to do. Her Dad s an easy touch he s always giving her money …   New idioms dictionary

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  • soft touch — noun a) A person or group which is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one which loans or readily gives money to another. But Fred Heimach, who batted for Quinn in the Brooklyn half and fanned, proved a… …   Wiktionary

  • soft\ touch — noun A person with a sympathetic disposition from whom it is easy to get help, primarily money. My Uncle Herb is a soft touch; whenever I m in need I ask him for a quick twenty bucks …   Словарь американских идиом

  • (an) a soft touch — an easy/a soft ˈtouch idiom (informal) a person that you can easily persuade to do sth, especially to give you money • Unfortunately, my father is no soft touch. Main entry: ↑touchidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Soft touch — person who is easy to borrow money from due to their generous nature; a person who is not mean with their money …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • soft touch — Australian Slang person who is easy to borrow money from due to their generous nature; a person who is not mean with their money …   English dialects glossary

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