первый парень на селе

• ПЕРВЫЙ ПАРЕНЬ НА ДЕРЕВНЕ <НА СЕЛЕ> coll, iron or humor

[NP; sing only; subj-compl with быть, nom or instrum (subj: human) or obj-compl with считать кого etc (obj: human)]

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⇒ a man who stands out among a small group (often a group of which the speaker has a low opinion; often used in refer, to a man's popularity among a group of women):

- cock of the walk (the village);

- king of the hill;

- [in limited contexts] a big fish (frog) in a little (small) pond.

     ♦ Им [офицерским жёнам] тоже скучно в тесном офицерском посёлке, расположенном обычно рядом с лагерем, вдали от больших населённых пунктов. Развлечений никаких, даже кино нет... Одна надежда - завести роман в лагере, с зэком помоложе. Разумеется, изораннику завидует весь лагерь, и он ходит гоголем - первый парень на деревне (Буковский 1). They [the officers' wives] too found life boring, for in the cramped officers' quarters, which were unusually situated next to the camp and far away from any population centers, there were no amusements, not even a movie. ...Their only distraction was to start a romance with one of the young cons in the camp. Of course, the entire camp would be green with envy at the lucky fellow, and he would strut like a bantam - the cock of the village (1a).