that's the ticket

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ellipsis of that's the ticket for soup, from the 1820s.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Phrase[edit]

that's the ticket

  1. (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]

  1. ^ Eric Partridge (1992) A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 302
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