Idiom
cup of tea
Meaning
An activity or domain in which someone is interested or skilled in; one's personal preference.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Horror movies are not really my cup of tea.”
“I tried to learn how to play the guitar, but it just was not my cup of tea.”
“While his colleagues thrived in the high-pressure environment of the trading floor, he realized that such a cutthroat atmosphere was simply not his cup of tea.”
Examples
simple
“Horror movies are not really my cup of tea.”
contextual
“I tried to learn how to play the guitar, but it just was not my cup of tea.”
complex
“While his colleagues thrived in the high-pressure environment of the trading floor, he realized that such a cutthroat atmosphere was simply not his cup of tea.”
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