like old wine in a new bottle

like old wine in a new bottle

Seemingly new, innovative, or updated but ultimately just repurposed from an established or longstanding method, system, or organization. If you're going to run for president after being so closely involved with the previous administration, you have to make sure that your agenda doesn't just sound like old wine in a new bottle to voters.

See also: bottle, like, new, old, wine

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