soft job



soft job

An easy job or task, as in He really has a soft job-his assistants do nearly all the work. This colloquial expression uses soft in the sense of "involving little or no hardship or discomfort." It was first put as soft employment in 1639.
See also: job, soft

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Pasha-Russian
BoŻYdarbaw-ZHI-dahrPolish
Oles-Ukrainian
Torhild-Norwegian
ViljamiVEEL-yah-meeFinnish
Yankel-Yiddish