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weak tea	Used other than as an idiom: see weak, tea.	Rate it: (5.00 / 3 votes)
have to do with the price of tea in china	To have any relation or bearing whatsoever on the topic at hand, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
Cambric Tea	Place one Tsp Sugar, one 1/4 Cup Milk in Mug or Coffee Cup, Add boiling Water to Brim While Stirring: When Temperature of 'Tea' Becomes Drinkable, You 'KIDZ" Drink Your 'Cambric Tea'; B-4 It Gitz KOLD!	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
dressed to a tea	Dressed very nicely	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
Not Your Cup of Tea	Not anyone’s choice, not what you are interested in, something that you don’t prefer	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
storm in a tea-kettle	A big fuss made in a small context.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
what does that have to do with the price of tea in China	A comment used to indicate that a previous comment is irrelevant or unimportant.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
all the tea in china	Something priceless or invaluable.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cup of tea	Whatever suits or interests one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cup of tea	A cup full of tea.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
no tea, no shade	Indicating that no offence is meant, that the speaker is merely making an observation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
price of tea in China	The wholesale or retail price of tea in the country of China.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
price of tea in China	Something that is irrelevant or unimportant, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
read the tea-leaves	To foretell someone's future by examining the tea-leaves at the bottom of the cup.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spill the tea	To disclose information, especially of a sensitive nature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tea service	crockery set	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
weak tea	Weak (feeble) effort or proposal; unconvincing argument.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slop bowl	One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
be mother	To pour out tea for others.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brew up	Make a fire in order to make tea	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
feed a cold, starve a fever	Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have to do with the price of fish	variant of have to do with the price of tea in China	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
todo o ouro do mundo	all the tea in China	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tout l'or du monde	all the tea in China	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
מה עניין שמיטה אצל הר סיני	What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)