up someone's street
- idiom
- UK
:
a tu gusto
- If you love puzzles, this board game will be up your street.
Examples
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Right up my street.
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Cooking shows are really up her street, as she's passionate about food.
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Right up my street, Sarge.
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That new science fiction novel is up your street if you enjoy space adventures.
Synonyms
Perfect for someone because of their interests or skills
Perfect for someone's tastes, interests, or abilities
Something that suits someone's tastes or interests
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
up + someone's + street
The components 'up' and 'street' can be interpreted metaphorically (a street as someone's area or domain, 'up' meaning aligned with), so there is a loose compositional link to being 'suited to someone's tastes'. However the spatial-to-preference mapping is idiomatic and regionally marked (British), so a B1 learner who only knows the literal words may not reliably infer the meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
The idiom up someone's street comes from the image of something being on your own road, with up meaning 'on' and street meaning your own area. So if something is up your street, it is 'suited to your tastes' or exactly what you like.