an easy touch

an easy touch
жарг.
(an easy (или a soft) touch)
1) простак, простофиля, разиня, недотёпа

I let her have $75... I did not want it to get around that I went for $75 touch like that as you get the reputation of being a soft touch. (J. O'Hara, ‘Pal Joey’, ‘Joly and the Calcutta Club’) — Я дал этой девчонке 75 долларов... Я не хотел, чтобы об этом стало известно, а то приобретешь репутацию человека, из которого можно тянуть деньги.

Here's a girl that has been around and knows the ropes, who married Theilman because she saw a chance to get her hands on a soft touch. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Shapely Shadow’, ch. 13) — Этой молодой особе пальца в рот не клади. Она вышла замуж за Телмана, потому что представилась возможность прибрать к рукам простака.

2) лёгкий противник

Their traditional football rival promised to be a soft touch that year. (WD) — Традиционный соперник этих футболистов обещал быть в этом году легким противником.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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