Alleyway Phrases

Phrases

• Alley cat (slang term for a prostitute)
• Alligator Alley (Nickname of Tamiani Trail)
• Back street abortion
• Backseat Beckie (Nickname of Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley))
• Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong song)
• Blind alley
• Civvy street
• Easy street
• Greed, for lack of a better word, is good (Wall Street)
• Grub Street hack
• Let's be careful out there (A catchphrase from Hill Street Blues)
• Miracle On 34th Street (George Seaton movie)
• Number 10 Downing Street (address of the British Prime Minister)

• On Carey Street
• On easy street
• On queer street
• On the street
• On the sunny side of the street
• Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan song)
• Queer Street
• Right up your alley
• Right up your street
• Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones song)
• Street cred
• Street pizza
• Street smart

• Street wise
• The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Nickname of Sweeney Todd)
• The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street (Nickname of The Bank of England)
• The daily diary of the American dream (Wall Street Journal advertising slogan)
• The man in the street
• The word on the street
• Tornado Alley
• Two-way street
• Up a blind alley
• Up your alley
• Work both sides of the street