That's just silly.
2007-08-30 09:47:36 · 21 answers · asked by Molly 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Back then, tea from China was worth more than gold. Today, it's worth about the same as a Mattel toy.
2007-08-30 09:54:45 · answer #1 · answered by TrippingJudy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually,it would have been incredibly lucrative in the 19th century when the expression started. it's fading out now,which is why you don't hear it that much anymore. The tea market isn't what it used to be. But in 1850 that expression referred to colossal wealth. Bulk tea was like money,it was worth so much. The expression was analogous to all the gold in Fort knox.
2007-08-30 09:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by Galahad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yo, if I had all the tea in China, I'd have the market in the palm of me hand, and I could charge a pretty penny for it, let me tell you!
2007-08-30 10:01:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now, I'm not very interested in having things Made in China!
2007-08-30 09:54:38 · answer #4 · answered by Ginny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say all the rice in china, equally silly i know.
2007-08-30 09:53:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If when you say "tea," you mean "strawberry-rhubarb pie," and if by "China" you mean "put in a giant swimming pool that you could jump into and eat for all eternity," then... I DO!
2007-08-30 10:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by S B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
despite china's huge population, there r only 200 family names
2007-08-30 09:55:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A monopoly company
2007-08-30 09:50:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you ever had tea from china? i'd take it that's some damn good tea.
2007-08-30 09:58:29 · answer #9 · answered by FengHuaXueYue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is just a question and not silly
2007-08-30 09:54:12 · answer #10 · answered by Mag 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋