coals to newcastle

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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.

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

Heceleme

coals to New·cas·tle

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kōlz tı nukäsıl

Telaffuz

/ˈkōlz tə ˈno͞oˌkasəl/ /ˈkoʊlz tə ˈnuːˌkæsəl/

Etimoloji

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