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right up my alley. An inside-the-park home run in baseball is often hit right down the alley, between two fielders, but I doubt that this is the source of the above phrase, which is sometimes right down my alley. The expression, meaning “very familiar and appealing to me,” probably has nothing to do with a bowling alley, either. My alley here seems to be a synonym for my street, the place where I live and where I’m most at home. |