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Old as Adam

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Generally used as a reproof for stating as news something well known. “That’s as old as Adam,” or was known as far back as the days of Adam. (See Old as Methuselah.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Old Reeky
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Old Salt (An)
Old Scratch
Old Song
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Old Tom
Old Women
Old World
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Old as Methuselah
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