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Expression: 'tea leaves at the bottom of your cup'

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#1 (permalink) Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:35 pm Expression: 'tea leaves at the bottom of your cup'

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talking about tea leaves at the bottom of your cup

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What does this mean? Is it some idiom?

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#2 (permalink) Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:54 pm Expression: 'tea leaves at the bottom of your cup'

Hi Tom, No, that was me being facetious. Some people - so-called fortune tellers -claim to be able to read your future by looking at the tea leaves at the bottom of your tea cup Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple

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