sell coals to newcastle

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English - English
sell an unnecessary item to an area where it is already plentiful (such as selling 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)
sell coals to newcastle

    Hyphenation

    sell coals to New·cas·tle

    Turkish pronunciation

    sel kōlz tı nukäsıl

    Pronunciation

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