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old as the hills



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So too science, whenever it offered up remedies that were as old as the hills.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2020

Ah, this is a story as old as the hills, as is your very reasonable frustration!

From Slate • May 18, 2020

The blues is not, as some imagine, as old as the hills.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2012

Grimm’s smile was as wise as a river and as old as the hills as he said: “Sometimes, it’s not playing.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2012

“Your father? You think I look stupid? Everyone knows that stories in books are as old as the hills and were written by people dead and buried long ago.”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke




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