old as the hills

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Adjective
  - 1.2.1 Translations

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

older than the hills

Adjective[edit]

old as the hills

(simile) Extremely old.
- 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 2,
  
  His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.

Translations[edit]

extremely old

Hungarian: vén, mint az országút (hu)

Swedish: gammal som gatan (sv)

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