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单词 older than god
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older than God
colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Frequently humorous. In hyperbolical comparative phrases, as older than dirt, older than God, etc.: (esp. of a person) very old.
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1934 C. Brackett Entirely Surrounded 107 Why bring up the fact that we're both older than God?
1985 N.Y. Times 31 Mar. (New Jersey Weekly section) xi. 27/4 Two relatives called later in the day, kidding me about being older than dirt.
1995 D. W. Smith & K. K. Rusch Star Trek Voyager: Escape xi. 122 That's an understatement. One piece of equipment was a wreck twice the size of a shuttlecraft and older than God.
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