cup of tea

Speech parts

1. cup of tea - Noun

2. cup of tea - Phrase

Meaning

an activity that you like or at which you are superior

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bag interest thing desire taste bias dish preference passion impulse bent affinity affection prejudice inclination
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Antonyms

loathing detestation hate hostility hatred contempt
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Hypernyms

activity

Examples

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. C. S. Lewis

The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup of tea. Alexander McCall Smith

I would rather have a cup of tea than sex. Boy George

Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea. Chogyam Trungpa

When madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise. Kurdish Proverb

Better than a banquet somewhere else is a good cup of tea and a bowl of rice at home. Japanese Proverb

Words in the phrase

cup of tea

Close letter words and terms

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