搬老黄历

搬老黄历

Literally means:

follow out-moded convention

Actually means:

老皇历 refers to the almanac (a book with year, month and date listed and other relevant data provided) in ald times.

This phrase figuratively means following the out-dated methods or rules. People generally do not like such methods. Derogatory.

老皇历，过去的历书（排列年月日并提供有关数据工查考的书）。

搬老黄历，比喻沿用过时的、现在不适用的规矩或办法。人们多会产生反感。 多含贬义。