old as the hills

old as the hills
((as) old as the hills)
очень старый, древний; ≈ старо как мир [этим. предположительно библ. Job XV, 7: art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?]

‘There's very little to be had out of that,’ he said; ‘Regular country little place, old as the hills.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Man of Property’, part I, ch. I) — - Ничего особенного там нет, - сказал Джемс, - настоящий деревенский уголок, от которого так и веет стариной.

That little affair of your father-in-law and your Aunt Irene, Val - it's old as the hills, of course, Fleur need know nothing about it... (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part I, ch. V) — Эта история с твоим тестем и твоей тетей Ирэн, Вэл... Все это, конечно, давно поросло быльем, не нужно, чтобы Флер что-нибудь узнала...

...she saw that he was practically toothless. As old as the hills. While Rhett was stealing a horse, why couldn't he have stolen a good one? (M. Mitchell, ‘Gone with the Wind’, ch. XXIV) — ...Скарлетт увидела, что у лошади почти не было зубов и она от старости еле передвигала ноги. Уж если Рэтт решил украсть лошадь, то почему он украл эту старую клячу?

The reader will notice that many of my stories are written in the first person singular. That is a literary convention which is as old as the hills. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Preface’) — читатель, вероятно, заметил, что многие из моих рассказов написаны от первого лица. Это литературный прием, старый как мир.

Fifty-five must seem as old as the hills to a girl like you. (A. Wilson, ‘Anglo-Saxon Attitudes’, part I, ch. I) — Такой молоденькой девушке, как вы, мужчина пятидесяти пяти лет кажется древним стариком.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • old as the hills — {adj. phr.} Very old; ancient. * / Why didn t you laugh? she asked. Because that joke is as old as the hills, he answered./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • old as the hills — {adj. phr.} Very old; ancient. * / Why didn t you laugh? she asked. Because that joke is as old as the hills, he answered./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • old as the hills — (informal) Immeasurably old • • • Main Entry: ↑hill …   Useful english dictionary

  • old as the hills — very old The old building at the library is as old as the hills …   Idioms and examples

  • old as the hills — adjective Extremely old. His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable …   Wiktionary

  • old\ as\ the\ hills — adj. phr. Very old; ancient. Why didn t you laugh? she asked. Because that joke is as old as the hills, he answered …   Словарь американских идиом

  • old as the hills — very old, ancient …   English contemporary dictionary

  • (as) old as the hills — spoken phrase extremely old ‘I like your dress.’ ‘Really? It’s as old as the hills.’ Thesaurus: old of peoplesynonym old of thingshyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • be as old as the hills — if something is as old as the hills, it has existed for a very long time. Difficult relationships between parents and children are nothing new: the problem s as old as the hills …   New idioms dictionary

  • as old as the hills — very old The old building at the library is as old as the hills …   Idioms and examples

  • as old as the hills — I see old II of very long standing or very great age (often used in exaggerated statements) * * * as old as the ˈhills idiom very old; ancient Main entry: ↑oldidiom …   Useful english dictionary


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