coals to newcastle

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von coals to newcastle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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)

Silbentrennung

coals to New·cas·tle

Türkische aussprache

kōlz tı nukäsıl

Aussprache

/ˈkōlz tə ˈno͞oˌkasəl/ /ˈkoʊlz tə ˈnuːˌkæsəl/

Etymologie

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