Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 204. The idiom today is up one's
alley. You can also say this as up one street
too. All right. Let's take a look at the note here. This idiom could also sometimes be
heard as down one's alley to have the same meaning. So it's kind of ironic you
could say up one's alley and down one's alley to mean exactly the same thing.
All right. Let's continue here. If something is up one's alley. It is very suitable in
matching ones interest. You know things you like or one's abilities. Ones skills.
Okay. Let's take a look at example number one here. He would like that new
Spider-Man video game. Anything to do with superheroes is right up his alley.
So that's his interest. He's really into superheroes or superhero video games,
superhero movies or anything to do with that. That's up his alley.
Yeah. Often one would try to buy somebody a gift and you might say, well, that gift would be
perfect for him. That's right up his alley
Yeah. That's, that's the things he's into. That's what he's interested in.
All right. So let's continue. Let's look at number two. That job sounds right up your
son's alley. He majored in that subject in school. He is very interested and
knowledgeable about anything to do with that field. So this could be a job that
could be up someone's alley. You think they'd be perfect for it. They have
interest and they know about it. So it would be up their alley and now let's
look at this last little note here. The phrase 'up my alley' used to refer to
one's home turf. You know the area around where one used to live or anything that
is pleasing and familiar to someone. So you can kind of see where the origin
might have come from. You know up your alley. Like where you live. What you know
about. What you were interested in. Okay anyway, I hope it's clear. I hope you got it.
Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.