| Idiom | Not Your Cup of Tea |
|---|---|
| Example | Please show me another hat. This one's not my cup of tea. |
| Meaning | not what one likes or prefers; not suitable; not to your taste |
| Origin | In Britain, tea has been an extremely popular drink since the mid-1700s. Even now many English people have a cup of tea every mid-afternoon, and there are many different flavors to choose from. In the late 1800s, people in England started saying that something they liked was their "cup of tea." Later, probably in the 1920s, the expression took on its present meaning. |
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