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
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 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.
(right) down (one's) alley
Something that one is or would be actual absorbed in. A alternative of the added accepted byword "(right) up (one's) alley." Lou loves baseball, so you should absolutely allure him to a game—it would be appropriate down his alley.I love science, so belief anesthetic is down my alley.Learn more: alley, down
right down someone's alley
and right up someone's alleyFig. alluringly ill-fitted to one's interests or abilities. Skiing is appropriate down my alley. I love it. This affectionate of affair is appropriate up John's alley.Learn more: alley, down, rightLearn more:
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