wheelhouse

1. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.

2. A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.

   The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.

3. An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

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   an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated

4. The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.

5. A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.

6. (Canada, US, broadly)A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.

   The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam.

7. (Canada, US, figuratively)A person's area of authority or expertise.

   Horse viruses are in Pat’s wheelhouse.

   one's area of interest or expertise

8. (Canada, US, figuratively)A set of skills necessitated by a situation.

   Ever since I started taking antipsychotics, managing my mental health has been a whole different wheelhouse.

1. This is outside of my wheelhouse.

   deDas ist nicht so mein Ding.

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2. This is out of my wheelhouse.

   ruЭто вне моей компетенции.

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3. That's not in my wheelhouse.

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