mouse quoted Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (The collector's Wodehouse)
'Tea, tea, tea—what! What!' I said.
It wasn't what I had meant to say. My idea had been to be a good deal more formal, and so on. Still, it covered the situation.
— Carry on, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (The collector's Wodehouse)
it does cover the situation