old as Methuselah

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*old as Methuselah

very old. (Of a person; refers to a biblical figure held to have lived to be 969. *Also: as ~.) Old Professor Stone is as old as Methusehah but still gets around with a cane.

See also: Methuselah, old

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No more three score years and 10, but everyone able to grow as old as Methuselah who was 969 when he popped his clogs. I'm aged 1,000 and I want my pension by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) At that time he looked to be as old as Methuselah but then strangely, his appearance never altered throughout the succeeding decades until the time of his death. Letter: Your Say - Fond memories of 'Father' Oliver by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) When we were bedridden and weak, thinking we were going to perish from fever, Grandma's recipe for chicken soup (or Campbell's soup in a pinch) is what nursed us back to health In India, however, the idea of food as medicine is as old as Methuselah When we were bedridden and weak, thinking we were going to perish from fever, Grandma's recipe for chicken soup (or Campbell's soup in a pinch) is what nursed us back to health. Kicharee - the Chicken Soup of India by Helen Thomas / Food/cooking/nutrition community			off-the-cuff off-the-wall offend offend against offend with offense offer offer for offer one cannot refuse offer to offer up office officiate often ogle Oh, boy oh, sure Oh, ye of little faith Oh, yeah? oil oil the wheels oink out ointment okay old old as Methuselah old as the hills old battle-axe old college try old enough to be mother Old habits die hard old hand old hat old heave-ho Old Nick old one-two old poacher makes the best gamekeeper old warhorse old wives' tale olde-worlde olive omit from on on a diet on a dime on a first-name basis on a fool's errand on a knife-edge on a par with on a pedestal on a power trip			Old Age Survivors and Disability Old Age Survivors Insurance Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Old Age, Survivors, Disability and Health Insurance Act Old Akkadian Old America Stores, Inc. Old American Can Factory Old American Insurance Company Old Ammunition Farts Society Old Amplefordian Cricket Club Old and Abandoned Chemical Weapons Old and Dilapidated Housing Redevelopment Old and Historic Alexandria District Old and in the Way Old and New Light Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Old and New Towns of Edinburgh Old and Putrid Old Antarctic Explorer Old Antarctic Explorers Association Old Apostolic Lutheran Church Old Aramaic Old Armenian Old Army Game old as Methuselah old as the hills Old Aspen Old Assyria Old Assyria Old Assyrian Old Assyrian Empire Old Assyrian Empire Old Assyrian Kingdoms Old Assyrian Kingdoms Old Assyrian language Old Assyrian period Old Assyrian period Old Athen Old avestan Old Babylonian Old Babylonian Empire Old Babylonian Empire Old Babylonian Text Corpus Old bachelor old bag Old Bailey Old Bailey Old Bailey Sessions Paper Old Barney Amateur Radio Club Old Bastard Old Bastards Wine Tasting old bat old bat old bat old bat

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