English Explanatory Dictionary

old wine in a new bottle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An existing concept or institution offered as though it were a new one.

Word forms

old wine in a new bottle old wine in new bottles

Etymology

A reference to the parable of Jesus of New Wine into Old Wineskins, Matthew 9:14–17, Mark 2:21–22, and Luke 5:33–39.

Related words

good wine needs no bush mutton dressed as lamb new wine in an old bottle put lipstick on a pig
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