old as the hills, (as)

Very old indeed. The term refers, presumably, to geological time, when mountains were first formed, but one writer suggests a relation to a biblical passage: “Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills” (Job 15:7). The expression dates from about 1800 and was used by Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens, among others. See also as old as Adam; from time immemorial.

词组	old as the hills, (as)
释义	old as the hills, (as) old as the hills, (as) Very old indeed. The term refers, presumably, to geological time, when mountains were first formed, but one writer suggests a relation to a biblical passage: “Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills” (Job 15:7). The expression dates from about 1800 and was used by Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens, among others. See also as old as Adam; from time immemorial. See also: old The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: Methuselah old as Methuselah (as) old as Methuselah fiat lux on a biblical scale bow down in the house of Rimmon out of the ark manna manna from heaven manna from heaven, like
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