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alley

 
 
/ˈæli/ noun [C] ( also alleyway,
 
/ˈæliweɪ/)

Translation

a narrow road between buildings
binalar arasındaki dar yol, geçit
1689
be right up sb's alley US informal ( UK be right up sb's street) to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do
birinin istediği veya yapmayı sevdiği gibi bir şey olmak
I've got a question here which should be right up your alley.1062
(Definition of alley noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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