Idiom
that's the ticket
Meaning
That's just right; that's just what is needed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A cold drink is exactly what I need; that's the ticket.”
“We were struggling to fix the engine, but this new part is exactly what we needed—that's the ticket.”
“After hours of searching for the perfect solution to the complex design flaw, the lead engineer realized that this simple adjustment was finally the ticket.”
Examples
simple
“A cold drink is exactly what I need; that's the ticket.”
contextual
“We were struggling to fix the engine, but this new part is exactly what we needed—that's the ticket.”
complex
“After hours of searching for the perfect solution to the complex design flaw, the lead engineer realized that this simple adjustment was finally the ticket.”
Origin
Ellipsis of that's the ticket for soup, from the 1820s.
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