just what the doctor ordered
/ˌdʒʌst ˌwɒt ðə ˌdɒktər ˈɔːdəd/INFORMAL · B2
Meaning
exactly what you need to feel better
Examples
- 1After a cold walk, a hot bowl of soup was just what the doctor ordered.
- 2A week in the sun sounds like just what the doctor ordered.
- 3I was exhausted after the exams, so a lazy weekend at the lake was just what the doctor ordered.
- 4When the air conditioning finally came on, the cool breeze was just what the doctor ordered.
- 5Thanks for the tea and biscuits — that's just what the doctor ordered after such a long meeting.
Grammar
Fixed phrase: ordered stays in the past whatever the tense of the sentence. Often after be or sound like.
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