nicht mein bier

Naturally, every country has it’s own way of saying the same things, here is a wonderful example. In most countries the saying ‘It’s not my thing’ would litterally translate. In German one can literally say this as well ‘es ist nicht mein Ding’. There are; however, different country specific ways of saying this with a little more abstract wording. I believe in the states one might say ‘It’s not my bag of chips’ and who knows how many other expressions there are for this one simple sentence; in Germany the saying is ‘Es ist nicht mein Bier’ literally meaning ‘It’s not my bier’ how German J… I LOVE it!