coals to Newcastle

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pointless venture, in the sense of sending something to a place where it is made, or where they already have an abundance. idiomatic,plural,plural-only
    — No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris.

词源

Newcastle upon Tyne and Newcastle, New South Wales were major coal-exporting cities, so sending coal there would be pointless.
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