carry coals to newcastle

English - Turkish

Definition of carry coals to newcastle in English Turkish dictionary: tereciye tere satmak; k. dili tereciye tere satmak; (deyim) havanda su dövmek
carry coals to: {k} tereciye tere satmak

English - English

Definition of carry coals to newcastle in English English dictionary: 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)
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

Hyphenation

car·ry coals to New·cas·tle

käri kōlz tı nukäsıl

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

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

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