tea and crumpets
Example Sentences
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It’s nice to see that Americans can see that we’re alive and we don’t all drink tea and crumpets.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2020
Victoria may conjure up images from a Jane Austen novel, but that doesn’t mean your getaway has to be all tea and crumpets.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2018
This one is loved by all politicians since it implies that they'll have a quick tinker under the bonnet and get you back on the road and home in time for tea and crumpets.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2014
It's all as English as tea and crumpets, but Bennett both celebrates the friendships on the riverbank and sets up the vision of an idyll that never was.
From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012
“Before you serve tea and crumpets, would you mind tellin’ me where we’re goin’?”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
