English-Italian translations for reinvent the wheel

• scoprire l'acqua calda
  Un importante punto su cui desidero soffermarmi è la grande attenzione posta nei nostri emendamenti a non scoprire l'acqua calda. One important point I would like to make is that great care has been taken in our amendments not to reinvent the wheel.

Definition of reinvent the wheel

• To do work#Noun|work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists

Related words

• reinvent
• reinvention
• reinvent the square wheel