English Dictionary

cup of coffee

noun

(ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time. / (figuratively) One’s personal preference.

I need a cup of coffee to wake up in the morning.

意味（1）

(ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.

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

意味（2）

(figuratively) One’s personal preference.

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

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.