Meaning: acorn cup

n.
cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn

cup Idiom, Proverb

cup of tea

favorite activity, choice of entertainment A holiday in the Yukon is not her cup of tea.

cup runneth over

feeling too full of love or joy or happiness My cup runneth over whenever I listen to Mother Teresa.

there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip

"it is easy to spill what you are drinking; it is easy to make mistakes" On the side of the beer mug were these words: There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.

acupolco

cannabis

cuppa

a cup of tea or lately also referring to coffee. The term is a contraction of cup of

occupied in

busy in／with忙于；从事
They were occupied in building a bridge．他们忙着修建一座桥。
They are mainLy occupied with agriculture．他们主要从事农业。
occur to sb．come to／into sb． 's mind想到
It just occurred to me that we had better make reservations in advance if we
want to see the play this evening．我刚刚想起，如果今晚我们要去看戏，最好预先订座。
It never occurred to him to phone me．他根本没想到要打电话给我。
A new idea suddenly occurred to me．我忽然想到了一个新主意。

occupied in/with

occupied with

not one's cup of tea

Idiom(s): not one's cup of tea

Theme: AFFINITY

not the kind of thing that one is interested in.
• I turned down an invitation to the opera. It's just not my cup of tea.
• It's not that I find historical novels unpleasant. They're just not my cup of tea.

in one's cups

Idiom(s): in one's cups

Theme: DRUNK

drunk. (Euphemistic.)
• She doesn't make much sense when she's in her cups.
• The speaker—who was in his cups—could hardly be understood.

Constant occupation prevents temptation.

When you work you avoid temptation.

Cupboard love

(UK) To show love to gain something from someone

Go down like a cup of cold sick

(UK) An idea or excuse that will not be well accepted will go down like a cup of cold sick.

Many a slip twixt cup and lip

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip means that many things can go wrong before something is achieved.

Not my cup of tea

If something is not your cup of tea, you don't like it very much.

Storm in a teacup

If someone exaggerates a problem or makes a small problem seem far greater than it really is, then they are making a storm in a teacup.

That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee

(USA) This is used to describe something that is deemed worthless. "He's got a Ph.D. in Philosophy." "So? That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee."

Cup Of Joe

A cup of coffee.

have a skeleton in the cupboard|have a skeleton in

have an unpleasant secret: "There are a lot of skeletons in their cupboard."

not your cup of tea

something that you don't like much: "Football isn't my cup of tea."

a storm in a teacup

a lot of fuss over something small: "Don't worry about those two arguing. it's just a storm in a teacup."

cup of tea|cup|dish|dish of tea|tea

n. phr., informal 1. Something you enjoy or do well at; a special interest, or favorite occupation. Used with a possessive. You could always get him to go for a walk: hiking was just his cup of tea.
Compare: DOWN ONE'S ALLEY. 2. Something to think about; thing; matter. That's another cup of tea.
Compare: KETTLE OF FISH.

in one's cups|cups

adj. phr., literary Drunk. The man was in his cups and talking very loudly.

occupy oneself|occupy

v. phr. To make oneself busy with. Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection.

cup

cup
In addition to the idiom beginning with cup, also see in one's cups.

cup of tea, one's

cup of tea, one's
Something that is in accord with one's liking or taste. For example, Quiz shows are just my cup of tea, or Baseball is not her cup of tea. The origin of this metaphorical expression has been lost, but the positive version—“he's my cup of tea”—has been used since the late 1800 and the negative—not one's cup of tea—since the 1920s.

cupboard is bare, the

cupboard is bare, the
The desired resources are not available, as in The schools are asking for a budget increase but the cupboard is bare. This metaphoric expression may have come from the nursery rhyme: “Old Mother Hubbard, went to the cupboard, to fetch her poor dog a bone, And when she went there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none” (Sarah Catherine Martin, The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard, 1805).