old as the hills

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌəʊld əz‿ðə ˈhɪlz/    美 /ˌoʊld əz‿ðə ˈhɪlz/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Extremely old. excessive,idiomatic,not-comparable
    — His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.

词形变化

older than the hills alternative

词源

Possibly a reference to Job 15:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills?”
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