i wouldnt swap you for all the tea in China???? strange.......
2006-10-17 06:42:13 · 28 answers · asked by clicky j 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I am chinese for a start and China have lots and loads of different types of tea. and also tea used to be an item of trade in china a long time ago. If someone said this to you, feel greatful.
2006-10-17 07:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
China was one of the biggest imports of tea and very expensive to buy. Tea is also classed in many countries as something that heals/protects/sacred/precious strange I know but true.
The saying stems from tea being precious and valuable years ago hence when you truly love someone you would not swop them for all the tea in China ah bless!
Or put it like this if you owened all the tea in China you would be a billionaire times over
2006-10-17 07:20:41 · answer #2 · answered by momof3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tea is a big part of Chinese culture and if they're saying they wouldn't swap you for all the tea in China..that means you're pretty important!
2006-10-17 09:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tea in China is supposed to be very good, and there is lots of it. Therefore if someone says they wouldn't swap you for it then it is a compliment. That's how I would interpret it.
2006-10-17 07:14:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anne-marie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because China is full of tea, it's loaded with the stuff and if somebody wouldn't swap you for it then they are paying you a compliment and saying they wouldn't swap you for something that is really valuable meaning you are even more valuable to them!
2006-10-17 07:24:17 · answer #5 · answered by Rolo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why so many question marks - stop being so dramatic.
In the 18th Century, tea was extremely expensive and a luxury only of the very wealthy.
To love someone so much that you would forsake "all the tea in China" would be the ultimate sacrifice and a lovely sentiment of love
Get it?
2006-10-17 06:59:16 · answer #6 · answered by Raymo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like all the others say about a very valuable commodity - if you want to see more put ' tea clipper races' into a google search. There were valuable profits to be made as the first ships made it into port, one such very famous ship was the Cutty Sark which is preserved at Greenwich. Tea clippers 'clipped' days of the normal journey times because they were so well designed and built for speed.
2006-10-17 07:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by on thin ice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a way of expressing how dear you are to someone saying this. And it must mean a lot since there is so much tea in China!
2006-10-17 07:30:22 · answer #8 · answered by Jezabeel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is a LOT of tea in China. If someine says they wouldn't swap you, then its a huge compliment. They are saying that you are bigger than all that tea (and believe me, there is a LOT of it in China!
2006-10-17 06:54:59 · answer #9 · answered by sammi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The tea from China is supposed to be great!...so whoever said this to you maybe loves you too much and would give up all the tea in China for you. =O]
Nice huh?!
2006-10-17 09:22:34 · answer #10 · answered by megh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋