new wine in old wineskins
new wine in old wineskins
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 wineskins by revitalizing several different institutions and infrastructures with bold, progressive changes.
See also: new, old, wine, wineskin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- new wine in old bottles
- 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