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
AlyxAL-iksEnglish (Rare)
Inocencioee-no-THEN-thyo (Spanish), ee-no-SEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
CoenraadKOON-rah:tDutch
RÁ&Eth;ÚLfr-Ancient Scandinavian
SlavĚNa-Czech
HÜSeyİN-Turkish