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
Eliphaleti-LIF-ə-let (English), ee-LIF-ə-let (English)Biblical
&Aelig;&Eth;Elric-Anglo-Saxon
TeÓFilote-O-fee-lo (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Hagen (2)-Danish
Prudenciaproo-DHEN-thya (Spanish), proo-DHEN-sya (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Radha-Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi