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What does "Not my cup of tea" mean?
I don't like this music. It's not my cup of tea.
What does this phrase mean?
8 Tem 2017 13:16
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Hi, Elena!
This idiomatic expression means that it's not something you in particular find pleasing. Its positive form of the phrase "my cup of tea" comes from...where else?...Britain, home of arguably the world's biggest tea consumers outside of China. Here is a link that explains the phrase well: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/my-cup-of-tea.html
I hope I've helped =)
8 Temmuz 2017
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"Not my cup of tea" is a way of saying that something isn't really what you like. In the example you gave, that would mean that isn't the type of music that they like to listen to.
8 Temmuz 2017
1
It's a gentle apology for not liking something. For example, if someone invites me to come to a concert of music by Schoenberg and Webern, I might say "No thanks, atonal music is just not my cup of tea." I am trying not to hurt my friend's feelings by saying that atonal music is bad, or that my friend is showing bad taste in liking it. I am saying "it's just my own personal preference."
We use this expression in the United States, and we always say "tea," never "coffee"--even though coffee is much more popular!
For some reason, the expression "not my dish of tea" is also used. I've tried Internet searches to understand exactly what "dish of tea" means but there isn't any real agreement.
8 Temmuz 2017
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