Idioms - Food - Tea

It’s not my cup of tea.

Please turn that down. Jazz really isn’t my cup of tea.
And now...
Time for a geography lesson. China is an extremely large country.
Can you imagine how much tea there is in China?
A lot.
Now, lucky you. Today I’m going to do anything at all that you ask.
So, come on...
Well, I wouldn’t do that for all the tea in China.
In English, if there is something we would never do, we can say ‘I wouldn’t do it for all the tea in China’.

I wouldn’t do it for all the tea in China.

It means there is nothing, not even something worth a great deal that could persuade you.
I can’t believe you asked me to...to do that.
Tea is hot. Well, apart from iced tea.
And where do we make tea? That’s right. In a teapot
So, as tea is very hot, what do you think is a good material for a teapot?
Porcelain yes, glass yes, metal ok, chocolate... NO!
A chocolate teapot would be completely useless.
In English, if something is completely useless, we can say ‘it’s as good as a chocolate teapot’.

It’s as good as a chocolate teapot.

What’s that you say? You say these lessons are as good as a chocolate teapot? I don’t know. I work so hard for you and no-one seems to understand me. Quite sad really.