| 词组 | (as) old as Adam |
| 释义 | (as) old as Adamhumorous Very old. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. Oh, she's old as Adam, she can't hear us. Why don't we ever sing new songs? Those hymns are as old as Adam. old as AdamAlso, old as the hills. Ancient, as in He must be as old as Adam by now, or That joke is as old as the hills. The first term, alluding to the first human created by God, according to the Bible, was first recorded only in 1867. The variant, referring to geological time (when mountains were created), dates from about 1800. as old as AdamExtremely ancient, well known long ago. The Adam reference, of course, is to the first book of the Bible, in which Adam is the first human being created by God. The OED traces the expression only to 1867. Similar clichés include old as the hills and from time immemorial. See also know (someone) from Adam. |
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