Usually means: Comforting support during tough times.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word tea and sympathy:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. tea and sympathy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tea and sympathy: Merriam-Webster
  3. tea and sympathy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tea and sympathy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. Tea and Sympathy (film), Tea and Sympathy (play): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tea and sympathy, Tea and Sympathy: Idioms

Definitions from Wikipedia (Tea and Sympathy)

noun:  a 1953 stage play in three acts by Robert Anderson about a male private school student, Tom Lee, who faces accusations of homosexuality.
noun:  a 1956 American drama film and an adaptation of Robert Anderson's 1953 stage play of the same name directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman for MGM in Metrocolor.


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