TEACH THE OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS

(informal) get the older people over their difficulties with learning to live in accordance with new ideas. From the saying: You can't teach an old dog new tricks, meaning "old people find it difficult to learn to live in accordance with new ideas, fashions, etc." —ExDn Lectures Approved Glossary: Expanded Dianetics (30 March 1972)

(informal) get the older people over their difficulties with learning to live in accordance with new ideas. From the saying You can't teach an old dog new tricks, meaning "old people find it difficult to learn to live in accordance with new ideas, fashions, etc."