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means Something said or heard that is exactly what you were hoping for — delightful, welcome news.

from A straightforward metaphor: pleasant sounds (actual music) became the stand-in for anything pleasing to hear, literal or figurative. The phrase has circulated in English for centuries, with Shakespeare using similar musical metaphors for welcome words, though the exact modern idiom's first use isn't precisely pinned down — it's a natural extension that likely arose independently in common speech rather than from a single coinage.