cup of tea

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Noun

cup of tea (plural cups of tea)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see cup,‎ tea. A cup with tea in it.

   Would you be a dear and get me a cup of tea, please?

2. (idiomatic, singular only) Whatever suits or interests one.

   Daytime television is not my cup of tea.

Usage notes

• The second sense is most commonly used in phrases such as, not my cup of tea, just my cup of tea, etc.

Synonyms

• (suitable interest): bag, cup of coffee, cup of joe, see also Thesaurus:predilection

Translations

tea in a cup

• Catalan: tassa de te
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杯茶

• Dutch: kopje thee
• Finnish: kuppi teetä, kupillinen teetä
• French: tasse de thé (fr) f
• German: Tasse Tee f

• Greek: φλιτζάνι τσάι n (flitzáni tsái)
• Irish: cupán tae m
• Italian: tazza di tè
• Portuguese: xícara de chá
• Romanian: ceașcă de ceai
• Spanish: taza de té
• Swedish: kopp te c

something of interest

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菜 (zh)

• Dutch: kopje thee
• Finnish: olla jonkun heiniään, kuulua jollekulle
• French: tasse de thé (fr) f
• German: mein Bier

• Hindi: पसंद का काम (pasand kā kām)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: greie (no) f

  Nynorsk: greie f

• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: پسند کا کام‎

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Macedonian: шо́лја ча́ј f (šólja čáj)

• Spanish: taza de té f

See also

• up someone's alley

Anagrams

• face up to