Liliputins in German- 5013

We are not going to give up our resistance against British Crown. Not for all the tea in China! ... ”
Samuel Adams

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Not For All the Tea in China


Meaning of Idiom ‘Not For All the Tea in China’
Not for all the tea in China means not for any price or reward; never; not at all.

Examples Of Use
“I wouldn’t date her again for all the tea in China. She’s crazy!”

“You’re going to have to give up smoking,” said the doctor. “Forget it!” said Floyd. “Not for all the tea in China!” “It’s your funeral,” said the doctor.

“He’s my friend. I don’t care what he did. I’m not going to betray him for all the tea in China.”

Not for all the tea in China idiom meaning

Origin
This idiom originated in Australia during the late 1800s. It alludes to the huge amount of tea in China. For many years, in fact, China was the sole source of tea for the entire world.

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Samuel Adams

When British troops arrived in Boston in 1768, Samuel Adams became more heavily involved in organizing resistance against the Crown. He wrote scores of newspaper articles under pen names, attacking the British. He also pressured Boston merchants to boycott British goods. After the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773, which sought to force the colonists to buy their tea from the British East India Company, Adams helped organize Bostonians to hinder the tea shipments. One group of resisters took matters even further, dressing up as Indian warriors and boarding several British ships to dump their tea, in what became known as the Boston Tea Party. Adams, who may have played a role in planning the event, afterward praised it publicly, writing that the protesters “have acted upon pure and upright principle.” Eventually, British authorities had enough of Adams and his agitation. In 1775, British General Thomas Gage led a force of soldiers from Boston to Lexington, on a mission to arrest Adams and fellow colonial radical John Hancock. But American spies got wind of the plan, and American militiamen confronted the British on Lexington Common. The ensuing Battles of Lexington and Concord were the opening armed confrontations that sparked the Revolutionary War. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, Adams signed the Declaration of Independence and continued his inflammatory rhetoric. In a 1776 speech in Philadelphia, he castigated Americans who sided with the Crown. “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom—go from us in peace,” Adams said. “We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.” As a member of the Continental Congress, Adams also helped draft the Articles of Confederation, the predecessor to the U.S. Constitution.