soft thing—(sl.) an easy work:
- We know he’s armed. We know how Billy Purvis can fight. It’ll be no soft thing, I grant you.
soft things—affectionate talk between lovers; words of endearment:
- He wrapped his arms around me and held me close, whispering soft things to me…
Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase soft nothings—(also: sweet nothings) = soft things:
- She was to be a weak, tearful creature, with just sense enough to understand the soft nothings addressed to her by the “superior” sex.