new wine in old bottles
new wine in old bottles
A change or innovation applied or added to an established or longstanding organization, system, or method. The state's newly elected governor is trying to put new wine in old bottles by revitalizing several different institutions and infrastructures with bold, progressive changes.
See also: bottle, new, old, wine
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
new wine in old bottles
something new or innovatory added to an existing or established system or organization.The proverb you can't put new wine into old bottles is a reference to Matthew 9:17: ‘Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish’.
See also: bottle, new, old, wine
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- new wine in old wineskins
- wineskin
- don't put new wine in(to) old bottles
- You cannot put new wine in old bottles
- you can't put new wine in(to) an old bottle
- you can't put new wine in(to) old bottles
- you can't put new wine in(to) old wineskins
- you can't put new wine in(to) an old wineskin
- do something the hard way
- do/learn something the hard way