old as the hills | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,simile,chieflyhyperbolic)Extremelyold.Synonyms:aged,age-old,ancient,old as the Pyramids,old as time,older than dirt,older than the Pyramids;see alsoThesaurus:old1852March –1853September,Charles Dickens, “In Fashion”, inBleak House, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1853,→OCLC,pages6–7:His family is asold as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.1937, Aldous Huxley, “Social Reform and Violence”, inEnds and Means: An Inquiry into the Nature of Ideals and into the Methods Employed for Their Realization, London:Chatto & Windus, published1957,→OCLC,page25:A violent revolution cannot achieve anything except the inevitable results of violence, which are asold as the hills.

Examples:

EN: As old as the hills and as isolated as an igloo.
ES: Tan viejo como las colinas y tan aislado como un iglú.
EN: You may think the game you are playing is original. But it's as old as the hills.
ES: Su jueguecito es tan viejo como el mundo.
EN: It's as old as the hills. But it is new to me.
ES: ♪ Siendo incluso tan antiguo como las colinas porque es algo nuevo para mi ♪
EN: It's as old as the hills but I love it.
ES: ¡Es tan anticuada...! Peo adoro esta pieza.
EN: - Infantry stuff's as old as the hills.
ES: La Infantería está obsoleta.
EN: Novelty is as old as the hills.
ES: Es antigua como el mundo la novedad.
EN: That's as old as the hills!
ES: ¡Eso ya está muy visto!
EN: It's as old as the hills. The ancient romans knew about this.
ES: No, es muy antiguo.
EN: No. It's old as the hills.
ES: Es más vieja que esas colinas.
EN: That is as old as the hills.
ES: Eso es tan viejo como el mundo.
EN: - His motor's as old as the hills.
ES: - Su carreta es superior a la de Ben-Hur.
EN: That trick's as old as the hills.
ES: ¡Viejo truco!
EN: And the last house on the heath sits a granny as old as the hills.
ES: Madre viejecita que en la puerta espera de la última casa junto a la colina.
EN: - He's as old as the hills.
ES: - ¡Por Dios! Es tan viejo como las colinas.
EN: And for your information, it's a Gypsy trick as old as the hills.
ES: Y para tu información, es un truco gitano tan antiguo como las colinas.

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