deep in the past

A very long time ago. He's an archaeologist, so his interests naturally tend to lie deep in the past. She had a dark secret buried deep in the past that she had kept hidden from her whole family. We don't need to go deep in the past here—Legal only wants to see records from the past five years.

See also: deep, past

See also:

in deep
be in deep trouble
thrown
go off the deep end
off the deep end, to go
in at the deep end
deep sleep
jump off the deep end
ocean
(as) deep as the ocean

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