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Idioms beginning with "O"
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[old as the hills] {adj. phr.}
Very old; ancient.
"Why didn't you laugh?" she asked. "Because that joke is as old as the hills," he answered.
[old boy network] {n. phr.}
A system whereby men who went to the same school help each other to get good jobs, regardless of their ability or training.
* /Peter got his lucrative job thanks to the old boy network rather than because of his […]
[old boy] or [old chap] {n.}, {chiefly British}
One of the men educated at the same institution and bound by strong ties of loyalty to each other.
He got the job because the boss was another old boy.
[old college try] {n. phr.}
An attempt to win a favor from another by mentioning the fact that one had gone to the same college or university as the party from whom the favor is requested.
* /Since he needed a job, he decided to use the old college try […]
[old country] {n. phr.}
Primarily Europe, but also any country other than the United States where one originally came from.
Al's wife was born in Chicago but Al himself is from the old country, Ireland.
[old flame] {n. phr.}
An erstwhile lover.
Did you know that Meg was one of Howard's old flames?
[old guard] {n. phr.}
People whose ideas may be out of date, but who have been in power for a long time.
There will not be any change in policy at the company, as long as the old guard still works here.
[old hand] {n. phr.}
An experienced and highly skilled expert at some particular job.
Uncle Joe is an old hand at repairing car engines.
[old hat] {adj.}, {informal}
Old-fashioned; not new or different.
By now, putting satellites in orbit is old hat to space scientists.
Andrea thought her mother's ideas about dating were old hat.
[old maid] {n. phr.}
A spinster; a woman who has never married.
Because my old maid aunt is a terrific cook as well as a good-looking woman, nobody understands why she never married.