I was talking with a friend who mentioned “taking tea to India”. It made me wonder what the equivalents are around the world. “Taking coals to Newcastle” is the UK’s.
I was talking with a friend who mentioned “taking tea to India”. It made me wonder what the equivalents are around the world. “Taking coals to Newcastle” is the UK’s.
What does the phrase mean?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coals_to_Newcastle
It means to pointlessly take something to a place that already has it in abundance.