英语词汇“to sell snow to eskimos”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to sell snow to Eskimos

Originally U.S. to sell snow to Eskimos and variants: to persuade people to buy or accept something they already have an abundance of, or do not need at all. Cf. to carry coals to Newcastle at coal n. Phrases 7, to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens at owl n. 2c.

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1921 Syracuse (New York) Herald 25 Feb. 18/1 (heading) Could sell ice to Eskimos.

1963 Chicago Tribune 8 Sept. iii. 33/8 (advt.) Sell Snow to Eskimos? On credit? Forget it! It can't be done.

1997 Independent 14 Apr. 9/1 The deputy editor..spends much of his time on the phone to spin doctors trying to ‘sell ice cubes to Eskimos’, as he puts it.

2012 Vanity Fair May 114/1 She could sell the proverbial snow to Eskimos.

extracted from Eskimon.adj.

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单词	to sell snow to eskimos
释义	> as lemmas to sell snow to Eskimos Originally U.S. to sell snow to Eskimos and variants: to persuade people to buy or accept something they already have an abundance of, or do not need at all. Cf. to carry coals to Newcastle at coal n. Phrases 7, to send (also carry, etc.) owls to Athens at owl n. 2c. ΚΠ 1921 Syracuse (New York) Herald 25 Feb. 18/1 (heading) Could sell ice to Eskimos. 1963 Chicago Tribune 8 Sept. iii. 33/8 (advt.) Sell Snow to Eskimos? On credit? Forget it! It can't be done. 1997 Independent 14 Apr. 9/1 The deputy editor..spends much of his time on the phone to spin doctors trying to ‘sell ice cubes to Eskimos’, as he puts it. 2012 Vanity Fair May 114/1 She could sell the proverbial snow to Eskimos. extracted from Eskimon.adj. < as lemmas
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