Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
carry/take coals to Newcastle
UK
to supply something to a place or person that already has a lot of that particular thing
Exporting pine to Scandinavia seems a bit like carrying coals to Newcastle.
(Definition of carry/take coals to Newcastle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
