that's the ticket en · X
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Ellipsis of that's the ticket for soup, from the 1820s.
Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic) That's just right; that's just what is needed.
I'll admit, I like how you kick it / Now you're talkin' baby, that's the ticket
1992, “I Got a Man”, in The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, performed by Positive K: