Meanings and origins

Posted by Phillippa Grace on October 15, 2001

I am looking for the meanings and/or origins of the following:

Tea for two and two for tea

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

A tempest in a teapot
As useless as a chocolate teapot

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth

Fit to a T

Not for all the tea in China

Not my cup of tea

Suits you down to a tee

The cup that cheers

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Wake up and smell the coffee

It's not worth crying over spilt milk

• That,That is,is,That,That is not,is not jen 11/13/01
• Tea-related phrases R. Berg 10/15/01
  • Tea-related phrases - silver spoon ESC 10/15/01
    • Tea-related phrases - silver spoon ESC 10/16/01
    • Tea-related phrases - fit to a T James Briggs 10/15/01
      • Tea-related phrases - fit to a T Bob 10/15/01
        • Tea-related phrases - fit to a T ESC 10/16/01
          • Tea-related phrases ESC 10/16/01
      • Tea-related phrases - fit to a T Bob 10/15/01

See also: the meaning and origin of the phrase 'To a T'.