Meaning

5 senses
  1. (slang)The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.

    I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.

  2. (figuratively)One’s personal preference.

  3. (euphemistic)An invitation to have sex.

  4. (informal)How cheap something is.

    This Wi-Fi jammer costs a cup of coffee.

  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.

Examples

657 sentences
  1. Give me a cup of coffee.

    Дайте мені філіжанку кави. — Ahha

    ruДайте мне чашку кофе. — nami

    deGib mir eine Tasse Kaffee! — Dejo

  2. I'd like a cup of coffee.

    Я би хотів чашечку кави. — deniko

    ruЯ бы хотел чашечку кофе. — odexed

    deIch hätte gerne eine Tasse Kaffee. — Esperantostern

  3. I want another cup of coffee.

    Я хочу ще одну чашку кави. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу ещё чашку кофе. — marafon

    deIch will noch eine Tasse Kaffee. — wolfgangth

  4. I'd like another cup of coffee.

    Ще одну чашку кави, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruЕще чашечку кофе, пожалуйста. — ranwise

  5. I've bought a cup of coffee.

    Я купила філіжанку кави. — deniko

    ruЯ купил чашку кофе. — marafon

    deIch habe eine Tasse Kaffee gekauft. — toivo

Origin

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

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Forms

plural: cups of coffee
Singularcup of coffee
Pluralcups of coffee

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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