cup of tea

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (careful speech) /ˈkʌp əv ˈtiː/, (fast speech) /ˌkʌp ə ˈtiː/

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Noun

cup of tea (plural cups of tea)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup,‎ tea. A cup or mug with tea in it.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) cuppa, (chiefly UK, Ireland) brew

   Would you be a dear and get me a cup of tea, please?

   • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was a risk”, in RAIL, pages 65–66:

     In the heady days of 1970, the national average wage was about £6,200 in today's money, but a cup of BR tea was within everyone's reach at 9d (2020 value: 55p) until it suddenly went up to 11p (2020: 70p). (The 2020 price would relate to 11d, not 11p; decimalisation took place in 1971.)

   • 2022 January 26, “Network News: Samaritans Brew Monday returns to station concourses”, in RAIL, number 949, page 25:

     "We know the impact talking and listening can have. A cup of tea and a chat won't solve everything, but it can be a start.

2. (bingo) three

Translations

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• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
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• Catalan: tassa de te
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杯茶 (bēi chá)

• Cornish: hanafas a de m
• Dutch: kopje thee
• Esperanto: taso da teo
• Finnish: kuppi teetä, kupillinen teetä
• French: tasse de thé f
• German: Tasse Tee f
• Greek: φλιτζάνι τσάι n (flitzáni tsái)
• Hebrew: כּוֹס תֵּה (kos tēh)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: egy csésze tea
• Irish: cupán tae m
• Italian: tazza di tè
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: cappan dy hey m
• Mongolian: аяга цай (ajaga caj)
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: xícara de chá
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: ceașcă de ceai
• Scottish Gaelic: strùpag f, cupa tì m, copan teatha m
• Spanish: taza de té
• Swedish: kopp te c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
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• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: tách trà
• Welsh: paned m, paned o de m, dysglaid f, dysglaid o de f

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• Macedonian: шо́лја ча́ј f (šólja čáj)

See also

• someone's cup of tea

Anagrams

• face up to