be not (one's) cup of tea



be not (one's) cup of tea

To not be something one prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about. Thank you for the invitation, but long-distance cycling just isn't really my cup of tea. When I found out that reading wasn't his cup of tea, I knew that there wasn't much of a relationship in store between us.
See also: cup, not, of, tea

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BleddynBLEDH-inWelsh
ValentÍNa-Slovak
Paulinapow-LEE-nah (Spanish, Polish), paw-LEEN-ə (English)Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Swedish, Lithuanian, English, Ancient Roman
Alecto-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Anya-Russian
NurgÜL-Turkish