| 单词 | soft touch |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft touch soft touch n. colloquial (originally slang) (a) an opponent who is easily defeated; a task that is easily handled; spec. an easily committed crime; (b) a person who can easily be persuaded or manipulated into doing something, esp. to give or loan money (cf. touch n. 26b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy > person or thing easily overcome or dealt with easy game1896 soft touch1924 set-up1926 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 1924 Indianapolis Star 2 July 14/5 This comes under the head of what is called in pugilistic parlance ‘a soft touch’ for Gibbons. He will beat Bloomfield without much difficulty. 1925 Burlington (Iowa) Gaz. 27 Feb. 8/4 Europe has found United States a soft market for fighters, just as it has found Uncle Sam a soft touch for war loans. 1944 D. Runyon Runyon a la Carte 108 It is by no means a soft touch to be a war correspondent. 1966 C. Siragusa & R. Wiedrich Trail of Poppy vii. 104 You mail it to me in Brooklyn. I'll deliver it here. It's a soft touch and we'll both make a good buck. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 1 Feb. 9 They must have thought I would be a soft touch. But I'm still fit. 2001 Vanity Fair Apr. 310/3 He was also a soft touch for a sob story, possessed of nary a mean bone. < as lemmas |
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