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CUP OF TEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An activity that you like or at which you are superior
Example:
marriage was scarcely his dish
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cup of tea" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Context examples:
He chucked it down into a corner and helped himself to a cup of tea.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For example, you might buy a hard drive that is too small for your needs, drop your new product on a marble floor, or have a cup of tea spill on the computer.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
No one had time to think of him again till, as Meg ran through the entry, with a pair of rubbers in one hand and a cup of tea in the other, she came suddenly upon Mr. Brooke.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The blinds were not down, for the room was seldom used in the evening, but Mrs. Barclay herself lit the lamp and then rang the bell, asking Jane Stewart, the housemaid, to bring her a cup of tea, which was quite contrary to her usual habits.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Harker gave us a cup of tea, and I can honestly say that, for the first time since I have lived in it, this old house seemed like home.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
You want to lay a book down, you know, or somebody comes to see you or your wife, and wants a place to stand a cup of tea upon, and—and there you are again! said Traddles.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
You should have lots of chances to relax with friends and meet new people, which is just your cup of tea.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This was when we had come back to town, and he was having a cup of tea before starting on his return to Amsterdam.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
When the wire was despatched he had a cup of tea; over it he told me of a diary kept by Jonathan Harker when abroad, and gave me a typewritten copy of it, as also of Mrs. Harker's diary at Whitby.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
In about twenty minutes he woke up, and said to me quite cheerfully:—"Why, Mina, have I been asleep! Oh, do forgive me for being so rude. Come, and we'll have a cup of tea somewhere."
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
