the very thing

English

Phrase

the very thing

  1. Synonym of the very idea
    • 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
      "Your point of view," she laughed. "You lacked perspective. Now if you did not have to get so close to the subject -- "
      "The very thing!" I cried. "What I need is a longer club. And there's that broken oar ready to hand."
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