since the beginning of time

since the beginning of time

As long as anyone can remember. This hyperbolic phrase, also put as from the beginning of time, dates from the 1600s. The Daily Telegraph had it on January 19, 1978: “Best of all is Mr. Ward’s pithy dismissal of the sort of supernatural pseudery that has enthralled the credulous since the beginning of time.” See also from time immemorial.
See also: beginning, of, since, time
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • a fate worse than death
  • fate worse than death
  • fate worse than death, a
  • boiling hot
  • couldn't get elected dogcatcher
  • elect
  • fury
  • Hell has no fury like a (certain type of person) scorned
  • hell hath no fury
  • hell hath no fury like a (certain type of person) scorned
References in classic literature
But where to go, and how, was as much of a puzzle to me as the age-old search for the spring of eternal life has been to earthly men since the beginning of time.
He knew that since the beginning of time he was the first white man ever to tread the mountain stronghold of Gatoka.
"Think, John Carter, of the countless billions of Barsoomians who have taken the voluntary pilgrimage down this cruel river since the beginning of time, only to fall into the ferocious clutches of the terrible creatures that to-day assailed us.
'We have been doing this since the beginning of time to multitask and overcome challenges,' Rihanna said.
Let's say, in other words, that you are like pretty much every other Jew since the beginning of time: however much you know, it never seems like enough.
Since the beginning of time, the history of civilization has been reflected in the type of flooring materials used for interior spaces.
SEVERE rainfall isn't new and flooding has been around, according to Noah and his ark, since the beginning of time.
SINCE the beginning of time mankind has always gravitated towards religion.
IN response to those who wish to pour water onto those who are rightly proud of showing that they are proud to be English and wave their country flag, please remember the following: The word 'Englishman' means 'A person who inhabits or lives in England.' England has been since the beginning of time occupied by many races and creeds, in fact this is what makes our country so diverse and willing to 'live and let live'.
The Hydrogen Age details how this energy carrier has been vital to the workings of the universe since the beginning of time, and why it is now ready to play a central part in healing our Earth, our atmosphere, and the world's economies as a clean-energy commodity.
INTRODUCING me last week at the Oxford Union for Question Time, David Dimbleby called me a "man who appears to have been around since the beginning of time".
Each exabyte is a billion gigabytes, and according to a recent study at the University of California at Berkeley, just five exabytes is enough to store all the words ever spoken since the beginning of time!
Women have been making connections between the spiritual and the everyday since the beginning of time. We shouldn't be surprised that they are now seeing a relationship between purling and prayer.
In polls, about 40 percent maintain that living things have existed in their present forms since the beginning of time.
It was a natural occurrence that has been going on since the beginning of time.