sell coals to newcastle

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Definition of sell coals to newcastle in English English dictionary

sell an unnecessary item to an area where it is already plentiful (such as selling ice to Antarctica)

Related Terms

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)

Hyphenation

sell coals to New·cas·tle

Turkish pronunciation

sel kōlz tı nukäsıl

Pronunciation

/ˈsel ˈkōlz tə ˈno͞oˌkasəl/ /ˈsɛl ˈkoʊlz tə ˈnuːˌkæsəl/