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20 Mar 2014
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What is "to be up one's street" ?
"My darling, that's something REALLY up my street. I've just begun to wash my hair, bull I'll be there in a minute."
What is "to be up one's street" ?
"My darling, that's something REALLY up my street. I've just begun to wash my hair, bull I'll be there in a minute."
"My darling, that's something REALLY up my street. I've just begun to wash my hair, bull I'll be there in a minute."
This is from a satirical version of the Little Red Riding Hood, where the girl is asked by phone to come and slay a wolf (since she knows a thing about it). This is her answer.
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20 Mar 2014
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'It's something I enjoy doing'
Or 'it's something I am good at doing'
Not a common expression, though.
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- English (UK)
- Simplified Chinese (China) Near fluent
'It's something I enjoy doing'
Or 'it's something I am good at doing'
Not a common expression, though.
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