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E77 - What you say in English - Frank Carrizo

My Fluent Podcast

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It's Just Not My Cup of Tea

We use the expression when we talk about something we don't like and we try to say it politely, elegantly. So if you say, for example, that you don't like football, you might probably want to make it sound softer if you say: It's just not my cup of tea. That expression means it's exactly what I do. It's exactly what goes with me. And this is where it gets interesting because in the previous emails, I mean, before doing this interview, Daniel and I exchanged a few emails,. I remember he used the expression 'it's right up my alley' In American English would be soccer in European English, in British English, which I think

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