to put new wine in old bottles
1you can’t put new wine in old bottles — With allusion to MATTHEW ix. 17 (AV) Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. The idea is also expressed allusively as a metaphorical phrase. 1912 L. STRACHEY… …
2can't put new wine in old bottles — This expression means that you should not try to combine new concepts or innovations with an old or long established framework or system. You ll never get that program to work on your father s old computer. You can t put new wine in old… …
3New Wine into Old Wineskins — Man with Wineskin by Niko Pirosmani. New Wine into Old Wineskins is one of a pair of parables told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in …
4can't put new winein old bottles — This expression means that you should not try to combine new concepts or innovations with an old or long established framework or system. You ll never get that program to work on your father s old computer. You can t put new wine in old… …
5old — see old habits die hard you cannot put an old head on young shoulders old sins cast long shadows old soldiers never die better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s slave you cannot catch old birds with chaff …
6new — see new brooms sweep clean what is new cannot be true new lords, new laws you can’t put new wine in old bottles there is always something new out of Africa there is nothing new under the sun …
7put — see don’t put the cart before the horse never put off till tomorrow what you can do today don’t put all your eggs in one basket you can’t put new wine in old bottles you cannot put an old head on young shoulders …
8wine — see when the wine is in, the wit is out good wine needs no bush you can’t put new wine in old bottles from the sweetest wine, the tartest vinegar there is truth in wine …
9Wine label — Wine labels are important sources of information for consumers since they tell the type and origin of the wine. The label is often the only resource a buyer has for evaluating the wine before purchasing it. Certain information is ordinarily… …
10Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …