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older than the hills

older than the hills is the alternative form of old as the hills.

Meaning of old as the hills

Adjective

old as the hills (not comparable)

  1. (excessive, idiomatic, simile) Extremely old.
    • His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “In Fashion”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, pages 6–7

Words that rhyme with older than the hills

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Questions about older than the hills

What is older than the hills the alternative form of?
Older than the hills is the alternative form of old as the hills.

Words near older than the hills in the dictionary

  1. older brothers
  2. older fashioned
  3. older sister
  4. older sisters
  5. older than dirt
  6. older than the hills
  7. older than the Pyramids
  8. older-aged
  9. older-fashioned
  10. oldermost
  11. Olders

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