"Old as the hills" nghĩa là gì?

Nhà thờ cổ. Photo courtesy Graham Detonator 

"Old as the hills" = rất cũ, cổ xưa, tương tự xưa như diễm, xưa như trái đất. 

Ví dụ 
The people here are as old as the hills, almost. 

It's a con (trò lừa) as old as the hills, exploiting the deep love a man has for his grandson. 

Speaking about the Harvard project, Waldinger admitted that their main findings represents “wisdom that’s as old as the hills.” 

“I learned early that there is nothing new in Wall Street. There can’t be because speculation (đầu cơ) is as old as the hills. Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again. I’ve never forgotten that.” — Jesse Livermore 

 Thu Phương 

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