What does just what the doctor ordered mean?
Idiom Meaning:
exactly what was needed
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
The Flintstones “Trouble-In-Law” (1962)
Time of Scene:
Fred Flintstone: Oh, boy, how terrible can you get food?
Pearl Slaghoople: What’s the matter sonny, don’t you like the breakfast I cooked for ya?
Fred Flintstone: I seem to have lost my appetite. What is this stuff, anyway?
Pearl Slaghoople: Health food, sonny. Just what the doctor ordered.
Fred Flintstone: Then let the doctor eat it!
The Magic Christian (1969)
Time of Scene:
Sir Herbert: If you could please just give me some tranquilizers.
Laurence Faggot: Escape into drugs? Mask your fears in an artificial fog? Oh, surely you can’t be serious.
Sir Herbert: Oh, well. Give me some decent English aspirin!
Laurence Faggot: Here, Sir Herb, try this. It’s just what the doctor ordered.
Sir Herbert: What is it?
Laurence Faggot: It’s cannabis, Sir Herb. It’ll tighten your wig.
Havana Widows (1933)
Time of Scene:
Bob Jones: Something tells me, I’m just what the doctor ordered for you.
Mae Knight: Well, I may need something, but you’re not the prescription. Oh, you are what the doctor ordered!
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