not my cup of tea
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"Definitely not my cup of tea," he says with a laugh.
From BBC
Widdicombe is touring the UK with his 'Not My Cup Of Tea' stand-up show in 2025 and 2026, which culminates with two nights at the Hackney Empire in London.
From BBC
Another woman, Dawn Lewis, said: "It's not my cup of tea but I can't see it being offensive personally, it's art."
From BBC
“He just seems very selfish and self-serving, so I don’t really appreciate that in any public servant,” she said, adding that while she doesn’t “know him as a person,” how he “portrays himself in public, it just seems to me it is not my cup of tea.”
From Seattle Times
“How he portrays himself in public seems to me ... he’s not my cup of tea,” that juror said.
From Salon
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