Phrase guide

someone's cup of tea

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

something one likes

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, no-plural, singular, singular-only

Examples

  • Ah, a discussion of definitional minutia: just my cup of tea!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bag, cup of coffee, cup of joe, affinity, bent, cup of tea, dish, fancy, jam, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propension, propensity, shine, taste, thing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 菜 (cài) — Translations
  • Dutch: iemands ding — Translations
  • Finnish: juttu — Translations
  • French: tasse de thé — Translations
  • French: truc — Translations
  • German: Ding — Translations
  • Hindi: पसंद का काम (pasand kā kām) — Translations
  • Hungarian: esete — Translations
  • Hungarian: neki való — Translations
  • Hungarian: neki találták ki — Translations
  • Hungarian: az ő világa — Translations
  • Hungarian: az ő ízlése — Translations
  • Hungarian: az ő műfaja — Translations
  • Italian: prediletto — Translations
  • Italian: preferito — Translations
  • Italian: (quello che) fa per me — Translations
  • Italian: consono — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: greie — Translations
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: greie — Translations
  • Polish: bajka — Translations
  • Polish: konik — Translations
  • Portuguese: praia (de alguém) — Translations
  • Russian: конёк (konjók) — Translations
  • Spanish: [ser] plato del gusto [de] — Translations
  • Spanish: [no ser] santo de la devoción [de] — Translations
  • Spanish: serle grato — Translations
  • Spanish: del gusto de — Translations
  • Spanish: irle a — Translations
  • Thai: แนว (nɛɛo) — Translations
  • Urdu: پسند کا کام (pasand kā kām) — Translations
  • Vietnamese: sở thích — Translations