cup of tea

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noun
  1. a task, topic, person, or object well-suited to a person's experience, taste, or liking.

Origin of cup of tea

1
First recorded in 1905–10

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How to use cup of tea in a sentence

  • At length, having cleaned everything that was cleanable, she prepared a cup-of-tea, which she drank standing.

    Mrs. Bindle | Hebert Jenkins