cup of tea

cup  (kp)

n.

1.

a. A small open container, usually with a flat bottom and a handle, used for drinking.

b. Such a container and its contents.

2. Abbr. c. A unit of capacity or volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces (237 milliliters). See Table at measurement.

3. The bowl of a drinking vessel.

4. The chalice or the wine used in the celebration of the Eucharist.

5. A decorative cup-shaped vessel awarded as a prize or trophy.

6. Sports A golf hole or the metal container inside a hole.

7. Either of the two parts of a brassiere that fit over the breasts.

8. An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.

9. A sweetened, flavored, usually chilled beverage, especially one made with wine: claret cup.

10. A dish served in a cup-shaped vessel: fruit cup.

11.

a. A cuplike object.

b. Biology A cuplike structure or organ.

12. A lot or portion to be suffered or enjoyed.

tr.v. cupped, cup·ping, cups

1. To place in or as in a cup.

2. To shape like a cup: cup one's hand.

3. To subject to the therapeutic procedure of cupping.

Idioms:

cup of tea

1. Something that one excels in or enjoys: Opera is not my cup of tea.

2. A matter to be reckoned or dealt with: Recreational sport is relaxing. Professional sport is another cup of tea altogether.

in (one's) cups

Intoxicated; drunk.

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[Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cpa, tub, cask.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cup of tea - an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" dish, bag activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"