Apr 20, 2022 23:21
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alley
- What about the bitch? She's gonna be trouble.
- Don't worry. This will be right up Brett's alley.
The conversation is taken from Deep water series.
Bret here is killing people he knew in the past.
Does it have different meaning here?
Thanks in advance,
- Don't worry. This will be right up Brett's alley.
The conversation is taken from Deep water series.
Bret here is killing people he knew in the past.
Does it have different meaning here?
Thanks in advance,
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5 +2 | knowhow | David Hollywood |
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knowhow
Brett will know how to deal with it
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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-04-21 02:58:40 GMT)
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In the UK they say something is "right up your street" meaning various things: well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities.
In the US they say "alley" rather than "street" but same thing.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-04-21 03:02:03 GMT)
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In your case Brett will be well able to take care of the situation.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-04-21 02:58:40 GMT)
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In the UK they say something is "right up your street" meaning various things: well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities.
In the US they say "alley" rather than "street" but same thing.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2022-04-21 03:02:03 GMT)
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In your case Brett will be well able to take care of the situation.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you."
Reference comments
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Reference:
Easily found in an English language dictionary
right up your alley
right up (one's) alley
Ideally suited to one's interests. Anna loves watching movies, so I'm sure she'll go to the film festival with you—that's right up her alley. This course seemed right up my alley when I signed up for it, but it ended up being dreadfully boring.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/right up your alley
be right up someone’s alley
phraseinformal
DEFINITIONS1
1
to be what someone likes or is good at doing
That kind of music is right up our alley.
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/be-ri...
Meaning of be right up sb's alley – Learner’s Dictionary
be right up sb's alley
US informal (UK be right up sb's street)
to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do:
I've got a question here which should be right up your alley.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/...
etc. etc.
right up (one's) alley
Ideally suited to one's interests. Anna loves watching movies, so I'm sure she'll go to the film festival with you—that's right up her alley. This course seemed right up my alley when I signed up for it, but it ended up being dreadfully boring.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/right up your alley
be right up someone’s alley
phraseinformal
DEFINITIONS1
1
to be what someone likes or is good at doing
That kind of music is right up our alley.
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/be-ri...
Meaning of be right up sb's alley – Learner’s Dictionary
be right up sb's alley
US informal (UK be right up sb's street)
to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do:
I've got a question here which should be right up your alley.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/...
etc. etc.
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Discussion
be right up sb's alley
US informal (UK be right up sb's street)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/...