you can't teach an old dog new tricks

[you can't teach an old dog new tricks] It is very hard or almost impossible to train an older person to acquire some new skill. — A proverb.

* /You'll never teach your grandfather how to do his income tax on a personal computer. You can't teach an old dog new tricks./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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