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Meanings
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(informal) Matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well.
‘This little bit of business will be right up our alley.’
1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 136:This article would be right up his alley. Why don't you show it to him?
Relateds
in one's element · out of one's depth
Synonyms
right up someone's alley · down someone's alley · up someone's street
Translations (10)
pl w stylu (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · pl dla (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · es serle grato (a) (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · gl do seu estilo (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · fr dans les cordes de quelqu'un (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · gl da súa corda (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · hu neki való (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · fi jonkun alaa (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · it nelle proprie corde (matching a person's interests or abilities well) · es ser plato del gusto de (matching a person's interests or abilities well)