vello coma o mundo
Galician
Etymology
Literally, “old as the world”.
Adjective
- (simile) old as the hills
- 2006, Daniel Kehlmann, A medición do mundo, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 40:
- Humboldt soubo que o Directoire quería enviar un grupo de exploradores aos Mares do Sur baixo a dirección do grande Bougainville, pero o home era tan vello coma o mundo, estaba xordo de todo […]
- Humboldt learned that the Directory wanted to send a group of researchers to the South Sea under the command of the great Bougainville, but Bougainville was as old as the hills, stone deaf […]
Further reading
- “vello coma o mundo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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