new wine in old wineskins

A change or innovation applied or added to an established or longstanding method, system, or organization. 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

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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
like old wine in a new bottle
like old wine in new bottles
old wine in a new bottle

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