someone's cup of tea

English

Noun

1. (idiomatic, singular only) An activity or domain in which someone is interested or skilled in.

   Synonyms: bag, cup of coffee, cup of joe; see also Thesaurus:predilection

   Daytime television is not my cup of tea.

Usage notes

• Used in phrases such as "not his cup of tea", "just my cup of tea", etc.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 菜 (zh) (cài)

• Dutch: kopje thee
• Finnish: juttu (fi)
• French: tasse de thé (fr) f, truc (fr) m (literally “(one's) thing”)
• German: Ding (de) (literally “(one's) thing”)
• Hindi: पसंद का काम (pasand kā kām)
• Hungarian: (one’s type; of a person) esete (hu) (literally “his/her case”), neki való (literally “suited to him”), neki találták ki (literally “devised for him/her”), az ő világa (literally “his/her world”), az ő ízlése (literally “his/her taste”), az ő műfaja (literally “his/her genre”)
• Italian: prediletto (it) m, preferito (it) m, (quello che) fa per me (usually in the negative), consono (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: greie (no) f

  Nynorsk: greie f

• Polish: bajka (pl) f
• Portuguese: praia (de alguém) f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: конёк (ru) m (konjók)
• Spanish: plato del gusto m (usually in the negative), santo de la devoción m (usually in the negative)
• Thai: แนว (th) (nɛɛo) (colloquial)
• Urdu: پسند کا کام (pasand kā kām)
• Vietnamese: sở thích (vi)

See also

• up someone's alley