- coals to Newcastle
- bring something of which there is plenty
Bringing extra food to the farmer's picnic was like bringing coals to Newcastle.
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coals to Newcastle
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coals to newcastle — (UK) Taking, bringing, or carrying coals to Newcastle is doing something that is completely unnecessary … The small dictionary of idiomes
coals to Newcastle — ► coals to Newcastle something supplied to a place where it is already plentiful. Main Entry: ↑coal … English terms dictionary
coals to Newcastle — noun A pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where its made, or where they already have an abundance. No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris … Wiktionary
coals to Newcastle — (UK) Taking, bringing, or carrying coals to Newcastle is doing something that is completely unnecessary. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Coals to Newcastle — (UK) Taking, bringing, or carrying coals to Newcastle is doing something that is completely unnnecessary … Dictionary of English idioms
Carry coals to Newcastle — Newcastle New cast le, prop. n. A town in England. [PJC] {Carry coals to Newcastle} to do something utterly superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; from the nearness of Newcastle to the coal mining district. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coals to newcastle (to bring) — Not needed; to do something unnecessary. Newcastle is a seaport in the coal producing region of Great Britain … American business jargon
coals to Newcastle — something brought unnecessarily to an area where the thing is already plentiful (such as taking ice to Antarctica) … English contemporary dictionary
coals to Newcastle — something supplied to a place where it is already plentiful. → coal … English new terms dictionary
coals to Newcastle — something brought or sent to a place where it is already plentiful … Useful english dictionary
