КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «UP ONE'S STREET»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
In not in or not up (one's) street, not one's concern; not one's strong point; not
one's method: C.20 (in ob. by ca. 1930): s. >, by 1930, coll. (F. & H.: in only.) Cf.
bang or right up (one's) street, that's just the sort of job one likes: since ca. 1920.
Success is often a matter of finding a niche, or something just down or right up
one's street (or alley). If we get good enough at a particular thing, we might find
ourselves in Fat City and all set to enjoy the bright lights of city life. PART II The ...
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Heinemann English Dictionary
Phrases not in the same street (informal) not to be classed with. streets ahead (
informal) far ahead. up one's street (informal) within one's field of skill, interest,
etc. • street adjective relating to the fashionable urban youth subculture: street ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... as a prostitute go on the streets eam one's living as a prostitute not in the same
street (as somebody/something) not nearly so good streets ahead much better;
more efficient (right) up one's street within one's area of knowledge, interest, etc.
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British-American/American-British: Hippocrene Dictionary and ...
... your elbow not to know "B" from Battledore not up one's alley not up one's
street not with a ten foot pole not by a long chalkmark, not by a long chalk Notary
Public Commissioner for Oaths nothing worth taking nothing worth nicking
nothing, ...
Catherine M. McCormick, 1996
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Streetlife in Late Victorian London: The Constable and the Crowd
... a street' and 'being up one's street' were identified as slang phrases of the day.
9 We can see that the street was not just a space but also an idea, a conception
giving way to associations awakened by its various uses. And as such the street ...
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... streets ahead of (informal} far superior to; well in advance of: When it comes to
selling cars, the Japanese are streets ahead, streetwalker n a prostitute, up one's
street (informal) in keeping with one's abilities, interests, or preferences.
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
Br. (just) right up one's street/ in one's power, accordingto one's taste: It wasn't
uphisalleyat all. J.D. Salinger.,It's right up your alley. J. Updike. alley appleAm.sl.
a piece ofhorse manure: Harry iscollectingalley apples for his garden. R.A.
Spears.
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... up hill and down dale till myfeet were dropping off. up one's street (or N.Amer.
alley) informal well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities: this job would be
right up your street. ups and downs a mixture of both good and bad experiences.
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To be up one's street (MP 602) 1983 a part which might be said to be right up my
street. (p. 228) Redgrave, Michael. In My Mind's I: An Actor's Autobiography. New
York: Viking Press, 1983. To go from strength to strength 1958 she went from ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
