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right up my street – that’s a subject I’m very familiar with. ‘I’ll be glad to advise Brian about his advertising. Advertising and publicity are right up my street.’

ROAD

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  one for the road – a final drink before one leaves a social gathering.
  
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  to take to the road – to become a tramp. ‘I would rather take to the road than work in an office from 9 till 5 each day. I want to be free.’
  
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  at the end of the road – (1) towards the end of one’s life. ‘I have come to the end of the road, my dear; the doctor has given me only another six months.’ (2) finally, last of all.
  
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  at the cross-roads – at a point in one’s life when important decisions have to be made. ‘Peter and Sue are at the cross-roads; they will have to decide very soon whether to make their home in England or emigrate.’
  

DEAD END

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  a dead end – leading nowhere. / a dead end job – a job with no prospects or advancement, similar in meaning to a ‘blind alloy job’.
  

WAY

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  to pave the way for – to create the necessary conditions for…, usually followed by some event. ‘World War II paved the way for the independence of India.’
  
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  to go all the way with – to be in complete agreement with. ‘I’m not sure whether I would go all the way with you, but I certainly sympathise with your aims.’
  
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  way out – (1) quite wrong, totally mistaken. ‘You are way out in your calculations. The holiday will cost £300, not £200.’ (2) out of the ordinary, bizarre. ‘Some of the costumes at the party were way out, especially the exotic pyjamas which would have been more suitable for the bedroom.’
  
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  to rub someone up the wrong way – to be tactless, to say the very thing that is certain to annoy someone. ‘You certainly rubbed Mrs Parker up the wrong way, telling her you don’t like Sussex. She has lived there all her life and adores the county.’
  
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