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
Asdrubal-Spanish
Waldo['wɔ:ldəu]
Kaja (1)KAH-yah (Swedish, Estonian)Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Estonian, Slovene
Gbemisola-Western African, Yoruba
Gregoriogre-GO-ryoItalian, Spanish
Gabriellagah-BRYEL-lah (Italian), GAWB-ree-el-law (Hungarian), ga-bree-EL-ə (English), gah-bree-EL-lah (Swedish)Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish