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cup of tea definition

cup of tea

  1. a favorite or well-suited thing, activity, etc. golf isn't his cup of tea
  2. a thing to be taken into consideration or account; matter
    used esp. in the phrase a different cup of tea

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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