right up someone's street
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- idiom
- UK
- This new restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine, and it's right up your street since you love pasta.
Examples
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Sounds like it'd be right up your street.
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Actually, that's why it would be right up your street.
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That's right up your street, Roy.
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She's right up your street, she's got the overbite and everything.
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The latest tech gadget is right up his street because he enjoys playing with innovative devices.
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Her favorite genre is fantasy, so this book series is right up her street.
Synonyms
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Suitable for a person, purpose, or event
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Right for someone's tastes or skills
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Something that suits someone's tastes or interests
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9.9
Perfect for someone's tastes, interests, or abilities
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
right + up + someone's + street
The parts 'right' + 'up' do convey precision and 'street' can be used metaphorically for an area of interest, so a learner could infer a rough sense of suitability. However, the use of 'street' to mean 'area of interest/ability' is a metaphorical extension and somewhat idiomatic (especially British), so the exact idiomatic meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Right up someone's street comes from the picture of something being just up your own street, as if it is exactly where you would walk to for the things you like. So it means 'exactly suited to someone's likes or skills'.