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Definition

Extremely old.

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Origins

Possibly a reference to Job 15:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills?”

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In Context

  • "His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable."
  • "A violent revolution cannot achieve anything except the inevitable results of violence, which are as old as the hills."
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Also Said As

  • aged
  • age-old
  • ancient
  • old as the Pyramids
  • old as time
  • older than dirt
  • older than the Pyramids
  • ancient
  • aged
  • age-old
  • antediluvian
  • auld
  • cobwebbed
  • cobwebby
  • decrepit
  • eld
  • eldern
  • gamol
  • gray
  • hoary
  • moss-grown
  • old
  • old as the hills
  • old as the Pyramids
  • olden
  • older than dirt
  • older than the hills
  • older than the Pyramids
  • venerable
  • wintry