持もってこい

expression, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

just right; ideal; perfectly suitable

Describes something that is exactly what is needed or perfectly suited for a purpose. Often used in the pattern ～にもってこい.

• この仕し事ごとは彼かれにもってこいだ。

  This job is just right for him.

• この本ほんは日本にほん語ごの勉べん強きょうにもってこいです。

  This book is ideal for studying Japanese.

expression

fetch!; bring me ...

Imperative form of 持ってくる (to bring). Used as a command or request to bring something. This sense is a literal verb phrase, not the idiomatic 'just right' meaning.

• 犬いぬに「持もってこい」と言いった。

  I told the dog, "Fetch!"

• その本ほんを持もってこい。

  Bring me that book.