| 单词 | one's cup of tea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone's cup of tea b. one's cup of tea: what interests or suits one. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > choosing as more desirable > a preference > one's special preference taste1739 particular1801 one's cup of tea1932 in the groove1958 1932 N. Mitford Christmas Pudding xiv. 211 I'm not at all sure I wouldn't rather marry Aunt Loudie. She's even more my cup of tea in many ways. 1933 P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure I. iii. 31 The desire to benefit the community is never their principal motive...They do it because they want to. It suits them; it is their cup of tea. 1936 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Ascent of F6 ii. iii. 96 I had an aunt who loved a plant—But you're my cup of tea! 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative iii. v. 121 Broadway by night seemed to be my cup of tea entirely. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair v. 54 Probably she isn't your cup of tea...You have always preferred them a little stupid, and blond. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate v. 141 Freddy had stood in the doorway of the dark Orthodox chapel and, regarding the heavy-laden altar and the exotic clusters of coloured lamps hung round it, said, ‘It's not really my cup of tea, you know.’ < as lemmas |
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