Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Welcome to English at the movies where we teach you American English, heard at the movies. Our saying Today is not my cup of tea from the movie Forever, My Girl. The film is a romance about a country singer who leaves his girlfriend on their wedding day. Instead of becoming a husband, he becomes famous. Eight years later, he returns to the town where he grew up. There he sees his old girlfriend again and her daughter Listen for the phrase not my cup of tea. I e you your that country star. Mama, listen, not really my cup of tea. No offence taking Billy. How old, you and seven. So what do you think? Not my cup of tea means, is it not something I like very much or not? Something I order in a restaurant. Listen again. Did you have the right answer? I e you your that country star, Mama, listen, not really my cup of tea. No offence taking Billy how old you do. And seven, Not my cup of tea means not something I like very much. The expression is common, but also old fashioned. Billy's grown up way of talking is just one of the reasons why the country singer likes her. Now he has to decide, should he stay with Billy and her mom or go back to being a star, and that's English at the movies.
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