carry coals to Newcastle 做徒劳多余的事
- Don't carry coals to Newcastle.
别往纽卡斯尔(英煤都)运煤。/ 多此一举,徒劳无益。 - To offer him money is to carry coals to Newcastle; he is very wealthy.
给他钱是多此一举,因为他已经很富有了。 - To give him money is to carry coals to Newcastle, he is already very wealthy.
给他钱是多此一举,因为他已经很富有了。
Newcastle \New"cast`le\, prop. n.
A town in England.
[PJC]
{Carry coals to Newcastle} to do something utterly
superfluous; to do something useless or wasteful; -- from
the nearness of Newcastle to the coal-mining district.
[PJC]