indoor

Related to indoor: indeed

the greatest thing since indoor plumbing

A humorous and hyperbolic statement indicating one's belief that something is excellent, especially something new and innovative. These waterproof jeans are the greatest thing since indoor plumbing. I don't have to worry about getting soaked!
See also: great, indoor, plumbing, since, thing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

greatest thing since indoor plumbing

 and the greatest thing since sliced bread
Rur. the most wonderful invention or useful item in a long time. As far as I'm concerned, this new food processor is the greatest thing since indoor plumbing. Joe thinks Sally is the greatest thing since sliced bread. You can tell just by the way he looks at her.
See also: great, indoor, plumbing, since, thing
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (something) is the new (something)
  • a fast talker
  • (one) could use (something)
  • a horse of another
  • a horse of another color
  • a horse of another colour
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a slew of (something)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
References in periodicals archive
Indoor range users, in general, share the same motivations and preferences as other firearm users.
Regular inspection of all indoor play areas by local health inspectors, not less frequent than once every year;
Indoor Digitization Bringing Intelligent Experience to People's Lives
The Scot, who has enjoyed a hugely successful 2018 with two World Indoor Championship medals to go with her European title visited Nelson Primary School, a stone's throw away from Arena Birmingham, to join students in an athletics-themed session and look ahead to another big season of indoor athletics.
Furthermore, according to the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations, poor indoor air quality has proven to decrease employee performance down to 10 percent.
Recently, indoor air quality has become a parameter needed to be emphasized at educational institutions.
The Indian World Cup Indoor Team, led by Girish Kyatanahalli Gopal and coached by Taher Ali Khan, were commemorated at a ceremony at the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club, where the The Blue Anthem and the Team India jersey were also revealed.
'Our players will be featuring in men's singles, doubles and team events at the indoor games,' he added.
The Certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE) Course will take place at 2000 Shoreline Court in Brisbane, CA at the Homewood Suites by Hilton on May 18-19, 2017.
Once an indoor network is built by one operator, it is available for lease by other operators for network.
Under the deal, Indoor Harvest will sell, convey, transfer and assign to Alamo, 25,280,027 shares of common stock of Indoor Harvest, par value USD 0.001, in the aggregate, in exchange for the transfer of such securities by the members of Alamo.
As time spent indoors increases, interest in different types of indoor-location-based services (indoor LBS) is also increasing.
* The marketers of Mercola-brand indoor tanning systems must refund consumers and is permanently banned from marketing or selling indoor tanning systems, under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
In an accompanying editorial, the authors pointed out that the study found that "nearly all women in the study (96.8%) diagnosed with melanoma [while] younger than 30 years had engaged in indoor tanning, all initiating indoor tanning before age 25, and nearly all (90.5%) engaging in frequent indoor tanning," and that the results build "on the previous literature and demonstrates the importance of public health efforts in reducing indoor tanning."
MO FARAH looks set to miss the World Indoor Championships in March to focus on the defence of his Olympic titles.