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Discover LudwigThe phrase "age old ideas" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to concepts or beliefs that have been around for a very long time, often implying that they are traditional or well-established.
Example: "Despite the emergence of new theories, many people still cling to age old ideas about education."
Alternatives: "ancient beliefs" or "time-honored concepts."
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"She's suddenly become a symbol of the status quo — old times, old age, old ideas," said Hahm Sung-deuk, a political scientist at Korea University.
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There's the age old idea that women will accept more male oriented stories and entertainment, but men aren't interested in female subject matter.
In the outrage of their opponents, meanwhile, there are implied visions of Nazi bonfires and claims of a heart-stopping offence to age-old ideas about knowledge, wisdom and information.
At meQuilibrium, we call these deep-rooted, age-old ideas about how the world should work iceberg beliefs.
And while their invention looks like something out of Leonardo's (or, perhaps more accurately, Brunelleschi's) sketchbooks, it's interesting to see contemporary artists giving a fresh perspective to age-old ideas.
The one-child policy has helped erase the age-old idea that girls are not as valuable as boys.
The solution, she says, lies in an age-old idea: buy high-quality pieces and less frequently.
"Well, they're due a big one in Wellington," one resident tells me, voicing the age-old idea that everything bad starts in the capital.
Over the past decade, it has become a rebuke to the age-old idea that London food, and British habits of eating, are a lousy joke.
It really all goes back to the age-old idea of trying to be all things to all people — once a brand starts to do this, it falls into a trap that experts warn about.
The first is that this age-old idea of "clearing the field" for a preferred candidate, so as to avoid divisive primaries, is now, much like the old party clubhouse, a historical relic.
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