just the job/thing 正是想要的東西

【講解】

該習(xí)語的意思是“正是所需要的東西”。例如：Thanks for that screw, it was just the job.(謝謝你給我的那個蜾絲，我正需要呢。） just the thing 還可以說成 just the very thing,表示“正是所需的亊物"。例如：Her proposal was just the thing.(她的提議正合所需。)

【對話】

A:Mum, did you see the books Iborrowed from Angela?

A:媽媽，你見過我從安吉拉那兒借來的書嗎？

B:Yeah. I put them on the top of the cupboard.

B:我把它們放到壁柜的最頂層了。

A:Mum, I can't reach the books, Could you please do me a favor?

A:媽媽，我夠不著書，幫幫我，好嗎？

B:I can't reach them, either. We need a ladder.

B:我也夠不著，我們需要一個梯子。

A:Here's a ladder.

A:這有個梯子。

B:Just the thing. We'll use that.

B:正是我們需要的，我們來用吧！