old as the hills

old as the hills

English

Alternative forms

• older than the hills

Adjective

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.

Translations

extremely old

Finnish: vanha kuin taivas French: vieux comme le monde (fr) 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, más visto que el tebeo Swedish: gammal som gatan (sv)

See also

• older than dirt