יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Very old/ old-fashioned/ ancient/ as old as the hills

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Very old.

("And you shall eat old store long kept, and you shall bring forth the old because of the new" - Leviticus 26:10 (God speaking to the people), and also: "On this shore of the sea of death, on the crest of the cliff / stood a fortress, old, old" - H.N. Bialik / On This Shore of the Sea of Death, and also: "You have not changed since the dawn of your history / old, old, there is no novelty:- / I shall come, my brothers, into your company! / Together we shall rot until we become stench" - H.N. Bialik / In My Answer, and also: "They went and found an old, old grave that had undergone a change" - S.Y. Agnon / Tales of the Baal Shem Tov, The Tooth, and also: "Yes, the new flamethrower that spits out fire, / but the fire is old, old" - Uri Avnery / Foxes of Samson)