Tea-related phrases - silver spoon

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Tea for two and two for tea

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

A tempest in a teapot

As useless as a chocolate teapot

Born with a silver spoon in his mouth

Fit to a T

Not for all the tea in China

Not my cup of tea

Suits you down to a tee

The cup that cheers

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Wake up and smell the coffee

It's not worth crying over spilt milk

"Tea for two and two for tea": Title of song popular in early 20th century.

"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down": Song from the film "Mary Poppins," 1964.

"The cup that cheers but does not inebriate": Slogan promoting tea as an alternative to alcohol, mid-19th century; associated with the temperance movement.

BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH -- "He got his wealth by inheritance rather than by working for it. It is an old tradition for godparents to give their godchild a spoon (perhaps more than one) at the time of christening; among the wealthy; it was usually a silver spoon. Sometimes it was a set of 12, each with the figure of a different apostle at the upper end of the handle, hence the term, apostle spoons. Presumably a child receiving silver spoons was from a wealthy family and would not have to worry about money. Cervantes in 'Don Quixote' reminds us that it is not so with everybody: 'Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.'" From The Dictionary of Cliches by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).

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See also: the meaning and origin of the phrase 'To a T'.