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

• (whatever suits or interests one): Used in phrases such as "not his cup of tea", "just my cup of tea", etc.

Synonyms

• (whatever suits or interests one): bag, cup of coffee, cup of joe; see also Thesaurus:predilection

Translations

tea in a cup

• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: tassa de te
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杯茶

• Dutch: kopje thee
• Finnish: kuppi teetä, kupillinen teetä
• French: tasse de thé f
• German: Tasse Tee f
• Greek: φλιτζάνι τσάι n (flitzáni tsái)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: cupán tae m
• Italian: tazza di tè
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: xícara de chá
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: ceașcă de ceai
• Spanish: taza de té
• Swedish: kopp te c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

something of interest

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菜 (zh)

• Dutch: kopje thee
• Finnish: olla jonkun heiniään, kuulua jollekulle
• French: tasse de thé (fr) f
• German: Ding (de) (lit.: (one's) thing)
• Hindi: पसंद का काम (pasand kā kām)

• Italian: prediletto (it) m, preferito (it) m, non fa per me, consono (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: greie (no) f

  Nynorsk: greie f

• Portuguese: praia (de alguém) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: plato del gusto de alguien (usu. in negative), santo de la devoción de alguien (usu. in negative)
• Urdu: پسند کا کام‎

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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