校园英语口语习惯用语第167期:just the job/thing

just the job/thing 正是想要的东西

【讲解】

该习语的意思是“正是所需要的东西”。例如：Thanks for that screw, it was just the job.(谢谢你给我的那个蜾丝，我正需要呢。） just the thing 还可以说成 just the very thing,表示“正是所需的亊物"。例如：Her proposal was just the thing.(她的提议正合所需。)

【对话】

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

A:妈妈，你见过我从安吉拉那儿借来的书吗？

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

B:我把它们放到壁柜的最顶层了。

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

A:妈妈，我够不着书，帮帮我，好吗？

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

B:我也够不着，我们需要一个梯子。

A:Here's a ladder.

A:这有个梯子。

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

B:正是我们需要的，我们来用吧！