older than dirt
Impossibly long-lived
Older than dirt describes someone or something extremely old, emphasizing advanced age with humorous exaggeration.
The phrase suggests something so ancient it predates the earth itself: My grandfather likes to joke that he's older than dirt.
Often used self-deprecatingly or affectionately rather than as genuine insult.
- Stone AgeEra of knapped tools
- dinosaur bonesPreserved prehistoric reptile skeletons
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- old fogeyOutdated, inflexible person
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
dawn of time · antediluvian · ancient history · as old as the hills · immemorial · ancient · fossilized · primordial · pyramids · Mesopotamia · Methuselah · relics · cave paintings · archaic · ruins · Babylon · worn out · bygone
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
older than dirtbrand new
Completely unused, just acquired
newborn · wet behind the ears · fresh-faced · spring chicken · just hatched
older than dirtbrand spanking new
Completely unused, just acquired
hot off the press · fresh off the boat · cutting-edge · newfangled · state-of-the-art
older than dirtgreen
Color of vegetation
wet behind the ears · inexperienced · naive · raw · fresh
older, oldest, oldster, olden, oldness, than, dirt, dirty, dirtier