英语词汇“to carry coals to newcastle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P7. to carry coals to Newcastle and variants: to supply something to a place where it is already plentiful; (hence) figurative to do something wholly superfluous or unnecessary.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile

to shoe the goose14..

to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548

to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606

to carry coals to Newcastlea1614

to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689

to preach to the converted1857

to be on a hiding to nothing1905

to chase one's tail1963

1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me in Wks. (1874) I. 259 As common as coales from Newcastle.]

a1614 tr. A. Melville Let. in J. Melville Diary (1829) 114 Sic a mater nather does the Kirk ciuilie, nor the Counsall or Parliament ecclesiasticallie, intreat ἀλἰα γλαυκας εις Ἀθηνας—Salt to Dysert, or colles to Newcastell.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 302 To carry Coals to Newcastle. That is to do, what was done before, or to busy ones self in a needless imployment.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. viii. iv. 191 You are too wise a Man to carry a broken Head thither; for that would be carrying Coals to Newcastle .

1772 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 509/1 Mr. W. R. objects against carrying boards with the settlers, and says that would be carrying coals to Newcastle.

1822 W. Scott Let. 10 Feb. (1934) VII. 62 It would be sending coals to Newcastle with a vengeance not to mention salt to Dysart.

1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Aug. 313/2 It would almost seem like bringing coals to Newcastle for anyone to come down here to this eminently hygienic town and address its inhabitants of matters of public health.

1948 Times 21 July 5/4 Subscribers to the London Library are having parcels [of books] sent to them in Oxford. Coals to Newcastle can seldom..have had so cultural an application.

1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. (Business section) 36/2 Among the clients we supply is Sony Music in Japan—a classic example of carrying coals to Newcastle.

单词	to carry coals to newcastle
释义	> as lemmas to carry coals to Newcastle P7. to carry coals to Newcastle and variants: to supply something to a place where it is already plentiful; (hence) figurative to do something wholly superfluous or unnecessary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort on something futile to shoe the goose14.. to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens1548 to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel1606 to carry coals to Newcastlea1614 to bang (also run, bash, etc.) one's head against a brick wall1689 to preach to the converted1857 to be on a hiding to nothing1905 to chase one's tail1963 1606 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. If you know not Me in Wks. (1874) I. 259 As common as coales from Newcastle.] a1614 tr. A. Melville Let. in J. Melville Diary (1829) 114 Sic a mater nather does the Kirk ciuilie, nor the Counsall or Parliament ecclesiasticallie, intreat ἀλἰα γλαυκας εις Ἀθηνας—Salt to Dysert, or colles to Newcastell. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 302 To carry Coals to Newcastle. That is to do, what was done before, or to busy ones self in a needless imployment. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. viii. iv. 191 You are too wise a Man to carry a broken Head thither; for that would be carrying Coals to Newcastle . View more context for this quotation 1772 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 509/1 Mr. W. R. objects against carrying boards with the settlers, and says that would be carrying coals to Newcastle. 1822 W. Scott Let. 10 Feb. (1934) VII. 62 It would be sending coals to Newcastle with a vengeance not to mention salt to Dysart. 1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Aug. 313/2 It would almost seem like bringing coals to Newcastle for anyone to come down here to this eminently hygienic town and address its inhabitants of matters of public health. 1948 Times 21 July 5/4 Subscribers to the London Library are having parcels [of books] sent to them in Oxford. Coals to Newcastle can seldom..have had so cultural an application. 1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. (Business section) 36/2 Among the clients we supply is Sony Music in Japan—a classic example of carrying coals to Newcastle. extracted from coaln. < as lemmas
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