be a soft touch
be a soft touch
To be easy to control or manipulate; to bend to the desires or demands of others. My poor dad was a real soft touch in his career, always jumping through hoops to do anything his boss told him to. Julia is a soft touch—I bet we can get her to shoplift for us.
See also: soft, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be a soft touch for (someone or something)
- worldly
- worldly desires
- earthly
- earthly desires
- all or nothing
- go (one's) (own) way
- go your own way
- have (one's) hands tied
- have hands tied