that's the ticket

that's the ticket

English

Etymology

From 1820s.[1]

Pronunciation

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Phrase

that's the ticket

1. (idiomatic) That's just right; that's just what is needed.

   Synonym: (archaic) that's the ticket for soup

   • 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

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