Idiom
soft spot
Meaning
A sentimental fondness or affection.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have a soft spot for old movies.”
“She has a soft spot for stray cats and often brings them home to feed.”
“Despite his reputation for being cold and calculating, he always maintained a soft spot for his childhood home in the countryside.”
Examples
simple
“I have a soft spot for old movies.”
contextual
“She has a soft spot for stray cats and often brings them home to feed.”
complex
“Despite his reputation for being cold and calculating, he always maintained a soft spot for his childhood home in the countryside.”
Origin
Late 18th century. The term entered English as a compound of the adjective soft and the noun spot, appearing in the late 1700s to denote a specific physical or metaphorical vulnerability.
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