there's life in the old dog yet

there's life in the old dog yet

1. A person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.
   • 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London)‎:

     It wasn’t quite Sacheen Littlefeather, but a rolling tide of firebrand speeches showed there’s life in the Hollywood dog yet.

• there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
• you can't teach an old dog new tricks

• a creaking door hangs longest