soft touch | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A person or group that issympathetic,accommodating, easilyovercome, or easilypersuaded, especially one thatloansor readily givesmoneyto another.1931August 15, Roscoe McGowen, “Baseball: Cards, in farewell, upset Robins, 9-3”, inNew York Times, page11:But Fred Heimach, who batted for Quinn in the Brooklyn half and fanned, proved asoft touchfor the Cardinals in the ninth.2004,Jeanette Windle,Firestorm,→ISBN, page55:She was asoft touchfor anyone with a genuine need.2008December 8, “Get tough on border security, oppn”, inSky News, Australia, retrieved8 December 2008:The federal opposition says people smugglers now see Australia as asoft touchon border security.; (idiomatic)Acomfortablesituation; aneasytaskorundemandingoccupation, especially one which is comfortablyremunerative.1939, T. Mitchell, “The ‘Soft Touch’ in Teaching”, inWashington Education, volume71, number 1, page28:Many people, not in the teaching profession, have the mistaken idea that teaching is a "soft touch."1998,James Herriot,All Creatures Great and Small,→ISBN, page266:I finally abandoned any lingering illusions I had had that Ministry work was asoft touch.

Examples:

EN: I'd rather use a soft touch to find out what he's hiding.
ES: Prefiero actuar con tacto para averiguar lo que esconde.
EN: I got a soft touch here.
ES: Tengo algo bueno aquí.
EN: Ah. The soft touch of your new manicure.
ES: ¡Dulces manos bien cuidadas!
EN: Honey, now that you're invading the east, Let's see if I can find a soft touch for you in Chicago.
ES: Ahora que vas a Chicago, a ver si tengo un contacto allí.
EN: She's a soft touch.
ES: Ella es más blanda.
EN: - What a soft touch, huh?
ES: - Lo que se dice un trabajo fácil, ¿eh?
EN: You sure picked a soft touch boss.
ES: Has pillado un toque blando, jefe.
EN: It's a good soft touch. Don't get hot at me.
ES: Quise recordártelo, no te enojes.
EN: You know it's a pretty soft touch.
ES: Sí, parece increíble.
EN: - Don't expect any soft touch! - "Now hear this"!
ES: No esperen ningún trato especial.
EN: Still looking for a soft touch?
ES: ¿Todavía buscas un sablazo fácil?
EN: You played me for a soft touch, why?
ES: - ¿Por qué me toma por un incauto?
EN: Aw, man, if this is what they call a soft touch, I'll go back to combat duty any day.
ES: Si esto es delicadeza, vuelvo al combate cuando quieras.
EN: Oh, you jokers have got a soft touch.
ES: Muy chistosos, tenéis un trabajo muy suave.
EN: I wouldn't wanna take you two away from your soft touch here.
ES: No me gustaría sacaros de vuestros buenos contactos aquí.

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