old as the hills
Example Sentences
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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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