cup of coffee
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cup of coffee
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Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.
noun cups of coffee
- 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.
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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.
Similar: cup of joe
- An invitation to have sex.
- How cheap something is. This Wi-Fi jammer costs a cup of coffee.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.
Similar: cup of tea
Talk about this word "cup of coffee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cup%20of%20coffee. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cup of coffee. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cup%20of%20coffee "cup of coffee." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cup%20of%20coffee.Cite this
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