coals to newcastle

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Определение coals to newcastle в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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)

Расстановка переносов

coals to New·cas·tle

Турецкое произношение

kōlz tı nukäsıl

Произношение

/ˈkōlz tə ˈno͞oˌkasəl/ /ˈkoʊlz tə ˈnuːˌkæsəl/

Этимология

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