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"etymology_text": "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?”",
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"word": "ancient"
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{
"word": "old as the Pyramids"
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{
"word": "older than dirt"
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{
"word": "older than the Pyramids"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vanha kuin taivas"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vieux comme le monde"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vello coma o mundo"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vén, mint az országút"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "chomh sean leis an gceo"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "chomh sean leis na cnoic"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "chomh sean leis na clocha glasa"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "chomh sean leis an díle"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extremely old",
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"word": "vecchio come Matusalemme"
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"sense": "extremely old",
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"word": "vecchio come il cucco"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "extremely old",
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"word": "stary jak świat"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "mais velho que a Sé de Braga"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "más viejo que Matusalén"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "más visto que el tebeo"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "gammal som gatan"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "cyn hyned â phechod"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "cyn hyned â Methuselah"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "cyn hyned â'r garreg"
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"word": "older than the Pyramids"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vanha kuin taivas"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vieux comme le monde"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vello coma o mundo"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "vén, mint az országút"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "chomh sean leis an gceo"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "chomh sean leis na cnoic"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "chomh sean leis na clocha glasa"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "chomh sean leis an díle"
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"sense": "extremely old",
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"word": "vecchio come Matusalemme"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "extremely old",
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"word": "vecchio come il cucco"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "extremely old",
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"word": "stary jak świat"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "mais velho que a Sé de Braga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "más viejo que Matusalén"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "más visto que el tebeo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "gammal som gatan"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "cyn hyned â phechod"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "cyn hyned â Methuselah"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "extremely old",
"word": "cyn hyned â'r garreg"
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"word": "old as the hills"
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