old as the hills

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*old as the hills

very old; ancient. (*Also: as ~.) That's not a new joke; it's as old as the hills! Our family custom of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is old as the hills.

See also: hill, old

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05pm It might be as old as the hills but this 1955 thriller remains a lesson in dramatic tension. FILMS OF THE DAY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) The jokes are as old as the hills, as are the comic situations. WE LOVE TELLY: COMEDY: AS TIME GOES BY BBC1, 6pm by Jane Simon by The Mirror (London, England) The script asks questions that are as old as the hills but Playbox, a theatre group for young people, has brought it up to date with some modern twists. In the grip of religion; REVIEW by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			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 on a roll			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 old bats

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