let down easy

[let down easy] {v. phr.}

To refuse or say no to (someone) in a pleasant manner; to tell bad news about a refusal or disappointment in a kindly way.

* /The teacher had to tell George that he had failed his college examinations, but she tried to let him down easy./

* /The boss tried to let Jim down easy when he had to tell him he was too young for the job./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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