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Meaning of cup of coffee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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.

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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