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.
See also:
  • 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