Idiom
old wine in a new bottle
Meaning
An existing concept or institution offered as though it were a new one.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“This new plan is just old wine in a new bottle.”
“The company rebranded their old software, but it is really just old wine in a new bottle.”
“Critics argued that the politician's latest policy proposal was merely old wine in a new bottle, offering no real solutions to the underlying economic crisis.”
Examples
simple
“This new plan is just old wine in a new bottle.”
contextual
“The company rebranded their old software, but it is really just old wine in a new bottle.”
complex
“Critics argued that the politician's latest policy proposal was merely old wine in a new bottle, offering no real solutions to the underlying economic crisis.”
Origin
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.
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