old as the hills

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• older than the hills

AdjectiveEdit

old as the hills (not comparable)

1. (simile, idiomatic) extremely old
   • 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 2,

     His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.

TranslationsEdit

extremely old

• Finnish: vanha kuin taivas
• Hungarian: vén, mint az országút (hu)
• Italian: vecchio come Matusalemme m, vecchio come il cucco m
• Polish: stary jak świat (pl) m

• Portuguese: mais velho que a Sé de Braga
• Spanish: más viejo que Matusalén
• Swedish: gammal som gatan