carry coals to Newcastle
verbEtymology
Newcastle upon Tyne (in England) was a major coal-exporting city, so sending coal there would be pointless.
Definitions
To do something that is unneeded or redundant.
- He's the fellow who likes to let off stink bombs in night clubs, which rather falls under the head of carrying coals to Newcastle […]
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