C2idiomformaltime
since time immemorial
USUK
for longer than anyone can remember
Formal and literary, sometimes used as a joke for something only quite old. 'Immemorial' is almost never used outside this phrase.
In context
Farmers in the delta have grown rice here since time immemorial.
Since time immemorial, people have told stories around the fire at night.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way