DICTIONARY FUN A LA WODEHOUSE 5
August 31, 2009
cup of tea – 1. something one likes or excels in. 2. a thing to be reckoned with.
“Tea is not my cup of tea.”
“No? What, pray tell, is then?”
“Coffee. Coffee is my cup of tea.”
“I should have thought that rowing was your cup of tea, what with your legendary sculling prowess and all.”
“Yes, I suppose you’re right. I hadn’t thought. Sculling IS one of my cups of tea, and coffee is another.”
“My cup of tea is breeding.”
“Beg pardon?”
“Dogs. Corgis.”
“Ah, for a moment I thought … well, never mind.”
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