Meaning of cup of coffee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
   slang
2. One’s personal preference.
   figuratively
3. An invitation to have sex.
   euphemistic
4. How cheap something is.
   informal
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.

Equivalents

Examples

“I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.”

“Since social anthropology is not my cup of coffee, I leave⟳ it to the research⟳ scholars to discover⟳ the true significance of this transformation.”

“This Wi-Fi jammer costs a cup of coffee.”

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