| 词组 | carry coals to Newcastle |
| 释义 | Idiom carry coals to Newcastle Theme: NEED - LACKING to do something unnecessary; to do something that is redundant or duplicative. (Newcastle is an English town from which coal was shipped to other parts of England.)Taking food to a farmer is like carrying coals to Newcastle.Mr. Smith is so rich he doesn't need any more money. To give him money is like carrying coals to Newcastle. Idiom carry coals to Newcastlecarry/take coals to Newcastle British to take something to a place or a person that has a lot of that thing already.Exporting pine to Scandinavia is a bit like carrying coals to Newcastle. carry coals to NewcastleTo do something redundant, frivolous, or unnecessary. Newcastle was once a major coal supplier. We definitely don't need to bring any toys when we go over their house—they have so many that bringing more would be like carrying coals to Newcastle. carry coals to NewcastleProv. to do something unnecessary; to do something that is redundant or duplicative. (Newcastle is an English town from which coal was shipped to other parts of England.) Mr. Smith is so rich he doesn't need any more money. To give him a gift certificate is like carrying coals to Newcastle. carry coals to NewcastleDo or bring something superfluous or unnecessary, as in Running the sprinkler while it's raining, that's carrying coals to Newcastle. This metaphor was already well known in the mid-1500s, when Newcastle-upon-Tyne had been a major coal-mining center for 400 years. It is heard less often today but is not yet obsolete. coals to Newcastle, to carry/bringTo do something that is unnecessary or superfluous. The Newcastle referred to is the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a seaport in northeastern England that was given a charter to mine coal by Henry III in 1239 and became a major coal center. By the seventeenth century this metaphor for bringing an unneeded thing was current, and it remained so in all English-speaking countries. There were (and are) equivalents in numerous languages. In French it is to carry water to a river. |
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