old as the hills

Etymology
Possibly a reference to Job 15:7 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills?”

Adjective

 * 1)  Extremely old.

Translations

 * Finnish: vanha kuin taivas
 * French:
 * Galician: vello coma o mundo
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: chomh sean leis an gceo, chomh sean leis na cnoic, chomh sean leis na clocha glasa, chomh sean leis an díle
 * Italian: vecchio come Matusalemme, vecchio come il cucco
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mais velho que a Sé de Braga
 * Spanish: más viejo que Matusalén, más visto que el tebeo
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: cyn hyned â phechod, cyn hyned â Methuselah, cyn hyned â'r garreg