there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

English

Proverb

there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

1. Just because something or someone is old does not mean that it or they are no longer useful or worthwhile.

Translations

just because something or someone is old does not mean that it or they are no longer useful or worthwhile

• Finnish: vanhuus ei ole este
• French: c’est dans les vieux pots qu’on fait la meilleure soupe (fr)
• Italian: gallina vecchia fa buon brodo
• Polish: nawet w starości ludzie potrafią wiele

See also

• there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace

Further reading

• “there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.