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Carrying coals to Newcastle

Posted by Paul Shelby on December 14, 2009 at 16:15

My understanding of the phrase "Carrying coals to Newcastle" is Coals means hot coals and you don't have to do it because Newcastle is an iron making center and there are fires burning there 24 hours a day. What does "coals" mean?

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