Up One's Alley

#####Up One’s Alley

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An “alley” is a narrow path

between or behind buildings.

up one’s Alley

Does this expression

have to do with city streets?

jonathan, do you have any friends

who teach singing?

Um…hello? I am a singer.

Yoy are ? oh ! Awesome!

Do you want to teachme?

Are you kidding? That is right up my alley.

If some thing is “right up your alley,”

it is something you are good at,

and something you enjoy.

You can say this about a job, a hobby,

or anything else that interests a person.

Word experts say this phrase

has been used since the early 1900s.

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