[General] one's dish of tea

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

You know if you wouldn’t interrupt me every morning, I think I’d fall in love with you.
You would never have been my dish of tea… (Helman’s “The Autumn Garden” act II, sc.1)

one’s dish of tea = just the man for me = it is at all my ticket

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

 

[Tullia]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

You know if you wouldn’t interrupt me every morning, I think I’d fall in love with you.
You would never have been my dish of tea… (Helman’s “The Autumn Garden” act II, sc.1)

one’s dish of tea = just the man for me = it is at all my ticket

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

Your interpretation certainly seems correct based on the limited context you've posted. I think nowadays we would be more likely to say "my cup of tea" instead though - probably just a result of vocabulary changing over time, or possibly a regional variation? Br Eng, which is my native tongue, is almost exclusively "cup of tea" nowdays though. Also, on the web, it is certainly vastly more common (see here) so I suspect Am Eng uses it too.


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As an aside, while I understand what you mean by your expression "it is at all my ticket" it's not really idiomatic. We would, I would say, describe things as "just the ticket" instead. See here.

 

[riquecohen]

"Not my cup of tea" is used in American English, as well.