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- (as) comfortable as an old shoe
- (as) common as an old shoe
- (as) old as Adam
- (as) old as dirt
- (as) old as Methuselah
- (as) old as the devil
- (as) old as the hills
- (as) old as time
- (as) tough as (old) (shoe) leather
- (as) tough as an old boot
- (as) tough as old boots
- (do something) the old-fashioned way
- (good) old-fashioned luck
- (old) battle-ax(e)
- (old) chestnut
- (old) fishwives' tale
- (old) geezer
- (old) soft shoe
- (old) warhorse
- (one) is old enough to be (someone's) (parent/grandparent)
- (one) is old enough to know better
- (one's) (old) china
- (one's) old lady
- (one's) old man
- (there's) no fool like an old fool
- a chip off the old block
- a dirty old man
- a gentleman from the old school
- a grand old age
- a grand old man of
- a grand old time
- a load of (old) cobblers
- a load of (old) cobblers' awls
- a member of the old boys' club
- a piece of old tackie
- a shadow of (someone's or something's) former self
- a shadow of (someone's or something's) old self
- a shell of (someone's or something's) old self
- a woman is as old as she admits
- a/the grand old age
- a/the grand old man
- age-old
- Ah, that old chestnut.
- an old bag
- an old bat
- an old chestnut
- an old dear
- an old flame
- an old fogey/fogy
- an old hand
- an old head on young shoulders
- an old maid
- an old man is twice a child
- an old one
- an old poacher makes the best gamekeeper
- an old shoe
- an old stick in the mud
- an old wives' tale
- an/(one's) old flame
- an/that old chestnut
- any (old) nook or cranny
- any old
- any old how
- any old place
- any old thing
- any old thing, time, place, etc.
- any old time
- as old as Adam
- as old as my eyes and a little (bit) older than my teeth
- at a/the ripe old age
- at/to a ripe old age
- bag of wind
- be (as) old as dirt
- be (as) old as the devil
- be (as) old as the hills
- be (as) old as time
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be a chip off the old block
- be a shadow of (someone's or something's) old self
- be a(n old) stick in the mud
- be a(n old) warhorse
- be an old chestnut
- be as old as Methuselah
- be money for old rope
- be old news
- be up to (one's) (old) tricks
- be up to (one's) old tricks
- become a shadow of (someone's or something's) old self
- better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave
- big old
- chip off the old block
- chip off the old block, a
- come from old money
- come the old soldier
- comfortable as an old shoe
- comfortable as an old shoe, as
- common as an old shoe
- dirty joke
- dirty old man
- don't put new wine in(to) old bottles
- every (old) nook and cranny
- for auld lang syne
- for auld lang syne/for old times' sake
- for old times' sake
- from the old school
- full of Old Nick
- full of the devil
- get the (old) heave-ho
- give (one) the (old) heave-ho
- give (one) the brush-off
- give (someone) the gate
- give (something) the (old) college try
- give it the old college try
- give someone the air
- give something the old college try
- give something/someone the heave-ho
- go into a song and dance
- go into the same old song and dance (about something)
- good old boy
- good old days
- good old days, the
- good old-fashioned (something)
- good old-fashioned fun
- have a high old time
- have a rare old time
- high old
- high old time
- hit the old dusty trail
- How old are you?
- in and out
- in old money
- It is never too late to learn
- it's an old story
- it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks
- it's the old story
- it's the same old rigmarole
- it's the same old story
- like old wine in a new bottle
- like old wine in new bottles
- little ol' me
- little old
- little-old
- live to a ripe old age
- make old bones
- money for old rope
- mucker
- my old dutch
- new wine in old bottles
- new wine in old wineskins
- no fool like an old fool
- no fool like an old fool, there's
- of old
- of the old school
- old as Adam
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old as the hills, (as)
- old bag
- old bat
- old battle-axe
- old bean
- old bird
- old boy/girl
- old chap
- old cheese
- old chestnut
- old cobber
- old codger
- old codger/coot/fogy
- old college try
- old college try, (give it) the
- old college try, the
- old coot
- old crab
- old dear
- old enough to be (one's) father
- old enough to be (one's) mother
- old enough to be mother
- old enough to be someone's father
- old enough to bleed, old enough to breed
- old enough to bleed, old enough to butcher
- old enough to know better
- old enough to vote
- old flame
- old fogey
- old fogy
- old girl
- Old Glory
- old goat
- old gray mare
- old guard
- old habits die hard
- old habits, traditions, etc. die hard
- old hand
- old hand at something
- old hat
- old heave-ho
- Old Hollywood
- old lady
- old maid
- old man
- Old Man Winter
- old mate
- old money
- Old Nick
- old one-two
- old pals act
- old poacher makes the best gamekeeper
- old rose
- old salt
- old saw
- old school
- old school tie
- old sins cast long shadows
- old sins have long shadows
- old skool
- old soldier
- old soul
- old Spanish customs
- old sport
- old stamping ground
- old stick
- old story
- old story, an
- old traditions die hard
- old trout
- old warhorse
- old windbag
- old wine in a new bottle
- old wine in new bottles
- old wives' tale
- old woman
- old-boy network, the
- old-fashioned look
- old-school politics
- old-timer
- on for young and old
- one's old stamping ground
- open old wounds
- pay off
- plain old fun
- play (up) Old Gooseberry
- play Old Harry with (something)
- poor old
- poor old sb/sth
- put on the (old) feedbag
- put on the (old) nosebag
- put the (old) feedbag on
- put the (old) nosebag on
- rake over old coals
- rare old time
- reopen old wounds
- ring out the old
- ring out the old and ring in the new
- ripe old age
- salty dog
- same old
- same old rigmarole, the
- same old same old
- same old six and seven
- same old story
- same old story, the
- same old thing
- settle a score
- settle an old score (with someone)
- settle old scores (with someone)
- settle old scores, to
- shadow of one's (former/old) self, a
- shadow of one's self
- shoe-leather campaign
- softie
- something old, something new, something borrowed, (and) something blue
- so's your old lady
- so's your old man
- So's your old man!
- sourpuss
- stamping ground
- stick in the mud, old
- strap on the (old) feedbag
- strap on the (old) nosebag
- strap the (old) feedbag on
- teach an old dog new tricks
- teach an old dog new tricks, one can't/it's hard to
- that old dog won't hunt
- the (old) college try
- the (old) heave-ho
- the bad old days
- the good old days
- the good/bad old days
- the grand old age of
- the grand old man of (something)
- the old Adam
- the old ball and chain
- the Old Bill
- the old boy network
- the old boys' club
- the old country
- the old days
- the old gray mare
- the old gray mare ain't what she used to be
- the old guard
- the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
- the old man
- the old one-two
- the old one-two (punch)
- the old pals act
- the old school
- the old school tie
- the old switcheroo
- the old woman is plucking her goose
- the oldest profession
- the oldest trick in the book
- the old-fashioned way
- the same old rigmarole
- the same old song and dance (about something)
- the same old story
- the tune the old cow died of
- the young may die, but the old must die
- the/(one's) old hunting grounds
- the/(one's) old stamping ground(s)
- the/(one's) old stomping ground(s)
- there's life in the old dog yet
- there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
- there's no fool like an old fool
- tie on the (old) feedbag
- tie on the (old) nosebag
- tie the (old) feedbag on
- to a/the ripe old age
- tough as an old boot
- tough as old boots
- tough old bird
- up to (one's) (old) shenanigans
- up to (one's) (old) tricks
- up to one's old tricks
- up to your tricks
- war horse
- warhorse, a (an old)
- wipe out an old score (with someone)
- wise old soul
- you are never too old to learn
- you cannot catch old birds with chaff
- You cannot put new wine in old bottles
- You cannot teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't put new wine in(to) an old bottle
- you can't put new wine in(to) an old wineskin
- you can't put new wine in(to) old bottles
- you can't put new wine in(to) old wineskins
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- young men may die, but old men must die
- you're only as old as you feel