new wine in an old bottle
English
Alternative forms
- new wine in an old wineskin
Etymology
From Matthew 9:17 of the King James Bible. "Neither do men put new wine into old bottles; else the bottles break, and the wine runeth out, and the bottles perish; but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved."
Noun
new wine in an old bottle (plural new wine in old bottles)
- (idiomatic) New policies disguised as older ones; a new feature snuck in among more established traits.
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