Wiktionary
n. (context UK English) A most appropriate or suitable action or object in a given situation.
WordNet
n. the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family" [syn: ticket]
Wikipedia
Just the Ticket is a 1999 film starring Andy García and Andie MacDowell. Garcia was also the producer. The film was originally titled The Ticket Scalper.
Usage examples of "just the ticket".
I thought a nice, peaceful job on the Seventeen Mile Drive was just the ticket.
She might be just the ticket for a wet week-end, but she was also Yakub Beg's intended - and that apart, I'm bound to confess that there was something about the cut of her shapely little jib that made me just a mite uneasy.
Duff Mason's employ was just the ticket: it gave me the run of a splendid establishment, the best of meat and drink, a snug little bunk of my own, and nothing to do but bully menials, which I did with a hearty relish that terrified the brutes and made the place run like clockwork.
The second show is just the ticket for a sophisticate likeyourself , sir.
The second show is just the ticket for a sophisticate like yourself, sir.
After the recent comedy in the Travellers' Rest, a change of air might be just the ticket.