that's the ticket
English edit
Etymology edit
Ellipsis of that's the ticket for soup, from the 1820s.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (AU) (file)
Phrase edit
- (idiomatic) That's just right; that's just what is needed.
- 1992, “I Got a Man”, in The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, performed by Positive K:
- I'll admit, I like how you kick it / Now you're talkin' baby, that's the ticket
References edit
- ^ Eric Partridge (1992) A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 302