old as the hills
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But the tactic is as old as the hills.
From BBC ● May 10, 2022
Ah, this is a story as old as the hills, as is your very reasonable frustration!
From Slate ● May 18, 2020
The United Midfield Issue is as old as the hills.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2014
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
Bilbo Baggins had made the words, to a tune that was as old as the hills, and taught it to Frodo as they walked in the lanes of the Water-valley and talked about Adventure.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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