carry coals to newcastle

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İngilizce - Türkçe
tereciye tere satmak
k. dili tereciye tere satmak
(deyim) havanda su dövmek

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carry coals to
{k} tereciye tere satmak
İngilizce - İngilizce
To do something that is unneeded or redundant
take an unnecessary item to an area where it is already plentiful (such as taking ice to Antarctica)

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coals to Newcastle
A pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it's made, or where they already have an abundance

No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.

coals to Newcastle
something brought unnecessarily to an area where the thing is already plentiful (such as taking ice to Antarctica)
carry coals to newcastle

    Heceleme

    car·ry coals to New·cas·tle

    Türkçe nasıl söylenir

    käri kōlz tı nukäsıl

    Telaffuz

    /ˈkarē ˈkōlz tə ˈno͞oˌkasəl/ /ˈkæriː ˈkoʊlz tə ˈnuːˌkæsəl/

    Etimoloji

    () Newcastle upon Tyne (in Britain) was a major coal exporting city, so sending coal there would be pointless.