Phrase guide

up someone's alley

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Matching or corresponding to a person's interests or abilities well.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, informal

Examples

  • This article would be right up his alley. Why don't you show it to him?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: down someone's alley, right up someone's alley, up someone's street

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: jonkun alaa — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • French: dans les cordes de quelqu'un — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Galician: da súa corda — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Galician: do seu estilo — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Hungarian: neki való — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Italian: nelle proprie corde — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Polish: w stylu — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Polish: dla — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Spanish: ser plato del gusto de — matching a person's interests or abilities well
  • Spanish: serle grato (a) — matching a person's interests or abilities well