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Old as the hills

//ˌəʊld əz‿ðə ˈhɪlz// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely old. excessive, idiomatic, not-comparable

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

Etymology

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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