Cup Of Tea

Definition: Cup Of Tea

Cup Of Tea

Noun

1. An activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Cup Of Tea

Crosswords: Cup Of Tea

Ugh! Butter tea, it was never my cup of tea. (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston)

Shall I make us a nice cup of tea, Ma'am ? (The Others; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar)

Are you a man or are you a mouse? Will you, will you, will you come with me? No I said over a cup of tea. Will you, will you, will you join my team? (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel)

If my wife wants the first cup of tea, she is going to get the first cup of tea! (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

I used to think that would be just your cup of tea. (North West Frontier; writing credit: Robin Estridge; Patrick Ford)

I had another look and i had a cup of tea and butter pie (Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey; performing artist: Paul McCartney)

Cup of tea, take time to think, yeah (Twist in my Sobriety; performing artist: Tanita Tikaram)

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Books

• A Cup of Tea (Ballantine Reader's Circle) (reference)

• A Cup of Tea in Pamplona (Basque Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Unfortunate Cup of Tea [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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When Anne Mary reached the house, she found the old woman making a cup of tea. Credit: Library of Congress.

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She laid aside the bag, and resumed her cup of tea.

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Travel

Djibouti

Moreover, the business community is largely Muslim and would rather discuss things over a cup of tea or coffee than a glass of beer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "cup of tea": gulp down a cup of tea ♦ iso standard cup of tea ♦ not my cup of tea. Additional references.

Czech

hodit do sebe èaj (gulp down a cup of tea). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא לטעמי (not my cup of tea). (various references)

Hungarian

nem az én esetem (not my cup of tea). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

粗茶でうが (have a cup of tea please). (various references)

Manx

cappan dy hey (a cup of tea). (various references)

Pig Latin

upcay ofay eatay

Spanish

té (char, tea, tea party). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: outface, outpace.

-2 letters: capote, coteau, faceup, faucet, teacup, toecap.

-3 letters: acute, caput, coapt, coupe, epact, facet, taupe.

-4 letters: atop, auto, cafe, cape, capo, cate, coat, coft, cope, cote, coup, cute, face, fact, fate, feat, feta, pace, pact, pate, peat, poet, pouf, pout, puce, tace, taco, tape, tepa, toea, tofu, tope, tufa.

-5 letters: ace, act, aft.

+4 letters: postfracture, putrefaction, stupefaction.

+5 letters: postfractures, putrefactions, stupefactions.