"someone's cup of tea" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} someone's cup of tea (plural not attested)
  1. (idiomatic, singular only) An activity or domain in which someone is interested or skilled in. Tags: idiomatic, no-plural, singular, singular-only Categories (topical): Tea Synonyms: bag, cup of coffee, cup of joe, predilection Related terms: up someone's alley Translations (Translations): (cài) (Chinese Mandarin), kopje thee (Dutch), juttu (Finnish), tasse de thé [feminine] (French), truc [masculine] (French), Ding (German), पसंद का काम (pasand kā kām) (Hindi), esete (english: one’s type; of a person) (Hungarian), neki való (Hungarian), neki találták ki (Hungarian), az ő világa (Hungarian), az ő ízlése (Hungarian), az ő műfaja (Hungarian), prediletto [masculine] (Italian), preferito [masculine] (Italian), (quello che) fa per me [usually, with-negation] (Italian), consono [masculine] (Italian), greie [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), greie [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bajka [feminine] (Polish), praia (de alguém) [feminine] (Portuguese), конёк (konjók) [masculine] (Russian), plato del gusto [masculine, usually, with-negation] (Spanish), santo de la devoción [masculine, usually, with-negation] (Spanish), แนว (nɛɛo) [colloquial] (Thai), پسند کا کام (pasand kā kām) (Urdu), sở thích (Vietnamese)
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