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be (right) down (one's) alley 成语

alley cat

stray cat He began to feed the alley cat and now it comes to his house every day.

up your alley

what you like to do, what interests you Sewing - that's right up your alley. It's one of your hobbies.

couldn't stop a pig in an alleyway

having bow legs. Occasionally heard as couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel, - a Midlands/Northern variation whereby ginnel is dialect for alleyway

O'Malley

an Irish name, pointing to the traditionally strong represented Irish in the LAPD:"Gonna put a slug in captain O'Malley" -- Cypress Hill (We ain't goin' out like that [1993])

up a blind alley

Idiom(s): up a blind alley

Theme: LOCATION

at a dead end; on a route that leads nowhere. (Informal.)
• I have been trying to find out something about my ancestors, but I'm up a blind alley. I can't find anything.
• The police are up a blind alley in their investigation of the crime.

right down one's alley

Idiom(s): right down someone's alley AND right up someone's alley

Theme: SUITABLE

ideally suited to one's interests or abilities. (Informal.)
• Skiing is right down my alley. I love it.
• This kind of thing is right up John's alley.

right up one's alley

Right up my alley

If something is right up your alley, it suits you perfectly.

Tin Pan Alley|alley|pan|tin|tin pan

n. phr. The pop music industry. What kind of music will Tin Pan Alley come up with this year?

alley cat|alley|cat

n., slang 1. A stray cat. 2. A person (usually a female) of rather easy-going, or actually loose sexual morals; a promiscuous person. You'll have no problem dating her; she's a regular alley cat.