be (right) up (someone's) alley

informal, American & Australian, informal

if something is right up someone's alley, it is exactly the type of thing that they know about or like to do.

The job should be right up Steve's alley - working with computers, software and stuff.

• have a word in ear
• have a word in someone's ear
• have a word with
• have a word with someone
• have back against the wall
• have back to the wall
• have bags under eyes
• have bags under your eyes
• have bats in the belfry
• have beady eye on
• have beady eye on someone
• have beady eye on something
• have been around
• have been around a bit
• have been in the wars
• have big ears
• have bigger fish to fry
• have blinders on
• have blood on hands
• have blood on your hands
• have both feet on the ground
• have burning a hole in pocket
• have burning a hole in your pocket
• have butterflies
• have butterflies in stomach