be up alley

be (right) up somebody's alley

(informal) also be (right) down somebody's alley (American & Australian informal)

if something is right up someone's alley, it is exactly the type of thing that they know about or like to do The job should be right up Steve's alley - working with computers, software and stuff.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Astra	AS-trə	English (Rare)
Alfredas	-	Lithuanian
Constantine	KAHN-stən-teen (English)	History
Lucia	loo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-tsee-ah (German), LOO-shə (English), loo-SEE-ə (English)	Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Junayd	-	Arabic
Marciane	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)