down (one's) alley



down (one's) alley

Something that one would be very interested in. A variant of the more common phrase "up (one's) alley." Lou loves baseball, so you should definitely invite him to a game—it would be right down his alley. I love science, so studying medicine is down my alley.
See also: alley, down

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Damianus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Jonas (1)YO-nusLithuanian
Aleksandraah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian
Uinseann-Irish
Mikhah-Biblical Hebrew
JodyJO-deeEnglish