[VP; subj: human]
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⇒ to do or say the proper thing at the proper time:
- X попал в жилку{{}}≈ X said (suggested, did) just the right thing;
- X did (said) just what the occasion called for.
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.