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be as old as the hills

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be as old as the hills

if something is as old as the hills, it has existed for a very long time. Difficult relationships between parents and children are nothing new: the problem's as old as the hills.

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Old Barley might be as old as the hills, and might swear like a whole field of troopers, but there were redeeming youth and trust and hope enough in Chinks's Basin to fill it to overflowing. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

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