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I don't know German and here is the sentence.

"Wunderbar! Peter look! Wie die geht! Wie die aussieht, die ist genau meine Kragenweite!" (Arnold Wesker, Kitchen)

I used google translate but couldn't understand what he means. Previously he was talking to a waitress he likes at work and when she answers him, he says this to his friend peter. Is he talking about the way she works? How she looks? How a tie would fit him?

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(Genau) jemandes Kragenweite sein is a German proverb meaning

to be to one's taste

to find something/someone likeable/appealing

or

to be with someone at the same level

Imagine a shirt collar that fits perfectly around your neck (collar size - Kragenweite).

A similar english proverb might be

suit sb (right) down to the ground

or

My cup of tea

In this case, the man is talking about a woman he sees, so you can translate it like this

"Wonderful! Peter look! The way she walks! The way she looks, she suits me right down to the ground.

Alternative:

she is exactly what I'm looking for

she is what I'm talking about

she is my cup of tea

edit:

From the comments:

she's just my type

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