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• tea and sympathy — (informal) Hospitality and kind words offered to someone in trouble, as being the only, albeit usu inadequate, help one can give • • • Main Entry: ↑tea * * * tea and sympathy british phrase support and kindness that you provide for someone who is …   Useful english dictionary

• Tea and Sympathy — is a 1953 stage play in three acts by Robert Anderson.The PlayBroadway premiereIt received its premiere on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on September 30, 1953 in a production by The Playwrights Company, directed by Elia Kazan and… …   Wikipedia

• tea and coffee service —       set of vessels and implements for making and serving tea and coffee, the items often of matched design. Elaborate 18th century examples had tea and coffee pots, a milk or cream jug, a pair of tea caddies, a sugar bowl and pair of tongs,… …   Universalium

• tea-and-sugar bushranger — /ˌti ən ʃʊgə ˈbʊʃreɪndʒə/ (say .tee uhn shooguh booshraynjuh) noun 1. a swagman who begs or purloins tea, sugar, and other minor provisions. 2. a petty thief. Also, tea and sugar burglar, tea and sugar bandit …  

• tea and sympathy — old fashioned kindness and sympathy that you show to someone who is upset. Sometimes people want practical advice and sometimes they just want tea and sympathy …   New idioms dictionary

• tea and toaster — noun A person, usually elderly and frail, with a diet lacking in nutrition. Again, if Father San Browne, tea and toaster to that quaintest of yarnspinners is Padre Don Bruno …   Wiktionary

• tea and sympathy — British support and kindness that you provide for someone who is upset or in trouble I just need a bit of tea and sympathy right now …   English dictionary

• Tea and Sugar — noun the, a supply train running between Port Augusta, SA, and Kalgoorlie, WA. {so called because it supplies groceries to the settlements along its route} …  

• Blood Tea and Red String — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Blood Tea and Red String Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down — is a website which mainly discusses tea and biscuits, with content including news and reviews of biscuit brands. It is owned and maintained by Stuart Payne and his wife Jenny Payne, who live in Cambridge, England, and has spawned a spin off book… …   Wikipedia