(Ireland, UK) An allegory for a backward rural society.

Alternative form of elephant in the room

A criminal who is respected, has authority and a high ranking status within the criminal underworld in the old Soviet Union, Russia and the republics that formed the former Soviet Union.

(humorous) Better than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement.

(idiomatic, vulgar, UK) Absolutely not; under no circumstances.

(law) in transit; during transportation

Said to announce breaking news.

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang, idiomatic) Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent.

(databases) a type of database index that physically sorts the data in a table on the disk to match the criteria specified by the index.

(databases) a type of database index that contains a series of sorted pointers pointing to the physical data rows, which are organized either in a heap or in the sort order specified by a clustered index, on the disk