旧瓶装新酒

Pinyin: jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ Usage: 主谓式；作宾语；比喻用旧的形式表现新的内容 Explanation: 比喻用旧的形式表现新的内容。 Source: 老舍《我怎样写通俗文艺》：“这八篇东西，都是用旧瓶装新酒办法写成的。” Thesaurus:  wait at one's ease for the fatigued enemy, dwell under one's vine and fig tree, Great cry and little wool., to harp on the same string., it produces silk and traps itself, get up steam; conserve strength and store up energy, fare worse and worse for all one's scheming, (of a nation) recuperate and multiply, One of a relaxation, A relaxation one, To be the Labour Lost