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单词 to be up one's street
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to be up (down, †in) one's street
P8. to be up (down, in) one's street: to be well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities (cf. to be (right) up (also down) one's alley at alley n.1 Phrases).
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > suit a person
to sit loose1591
to be up (down, in) one's street1903
to be (right) up (also down) one's alley1922
to meet up with1972
1903 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. i. 10/1 Street.., a capacity, a method; a line: e.g. ‘That's not in my street’ = ‘I am not concerned’ or ‘That's not my way of doing,’ etc.
1929 Publishers' Weekly 21 Dec. 2813/2 A great many of the books published today are, as the saying is, right up her street.
1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. iv. 259 She is a jolly attractive girl, the sort of girl any chap would be glad to have—artistic, too, just down your street.
1960 L. Cooper Accomplices i. vi. 55 John Pollard got me the job and..I loved it... It was right up my street.
1977 It May 28/1 If you like Miles Davis's ‘In a Silent Way’ then Don Cherry has a new release which is just up your street.
2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xiv. 150 What I have in mind is right up your street. Usual hidden cameras, big exposé.
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