a soft (or easy) touch someone who is easily manipulated; a person or task easily handled. informal

☞ A touch was mid-19th-century criminal slang for the act of getting money from a person, either by pickpocketing or by persuasion. Touch was later extended to refer to the person targeted in this way, and a soft touch was specifically a person from whom money could easily be obtained.

2001Vanity Fair He was also a soft touch for a sob story, possessed of nary a mean bone.