See be not somebody's cup of tea in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "Englisch",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Siehe auch",
"orig": "siehe auch",
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],
"etymology_text": "Zusammensetzung aus be + (not +) Objekt (oft somebody bzw. someone) + Possessivpronomen + cup of tea",
"lang": "Englisch",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Doctors are not my cup of tea."
},
{
"text": "John? Not my cup of tea, but I'm sorry he's no longer about."
},
{
"text": "Not hard to understand why it wouldn't be somebody's cup of tea when tea isn't everyones drink."
},
{
"text": "This song is my cup of tea."
}
],
"glosses": [
"eine Sache, einen Fall, eine Angelegenheit, ein Thema oder Ähnliches (aus Missfallen) entschieden ablehnen, von sich weisen"
],
"id": "de-be_not_somebody's_cup_of_tea-en-phrase-uEngRc00",
"sense_index": "1",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "nicht (so ganz) jemandes Bier sein"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "nicht jemandes Angelegenheit sein"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "nicht jemandes Geschmack sein"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "nicht jemandes Sache sein"
},
{
"lang": "Spanisch",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "no ser santo de la devoción de alguien"
},
{
"lang": "Spanisch",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "no ser santo del agrado de alguien"
}
],
"word": "be not somebody's cup of tea"
}
{
"categories": [
"Englisch",
"Redewendung (Englisch)",
"Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
"siehe auch"
],
"etymology_text": "Zusammensetzung aus be + (not +) Objekt (oft somebody bzw. someone) + Possessivpronomen + cup of tea",
"lang": "Englisch",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Doctors are not my cup of tea."
},
{
"text": "John? Not my cup of tea, but I'm sorry he's no longer about."
},
{
"text": "Not hard to understand why it wouldn't be somebody's cup of tea when tea isn't everyones drink."
},
{
"text": "This song is my cup of tea."
}
],
"glosses": [
"eine Sache, einen Fall, eine Angelegenheit, ein Thema oder Ähnliches (aus Missfallen) entschieden ablehnen, von sich weisen"
],
"sense_index": "1",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "nicht (so ganz) jemandes Bier sein"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "nicht jemandes Angelegenheit sein"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "nicht jemandes Geschmack sein"
},
{
"lang": "Deutsch",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "nicht jemandes Sache sein"
},
{
"lang": "Spanisch",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "no ser santo de la devoción de alguien"
},
{
"lang": "Spanisch",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "etws aus Missfallen entschieden ablehnen",
"sense_index": "1",
"word": "no ser santo del agrado de alguien"
}
],
"word": "be not somebody's cup of tea"
}
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