to carry coals to Newcastle
to carry coals to Newcastle
çekim: geçmiş llevé hierro a Vizcaya · ortaç llevado hierro a Vizcaya
köken: Literally, “to carry iron to Biscay”.
alternative form of portare nottole ad Atene
çekim: geçmiş portàto civette ad Atene · ortaç portàto civette ad Atene
to bring owls to Athens, to do pointless work
köken: Calque of Ancient Greek γλαῦκ' εἰς Ἀθήνας (glaûk' eis Athḗnas). Literally, “to carry owls to Athens”.
to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
çekim: geçmiş chovi no molhado · ortaç chovido no molhado
eş: dar murro em ponta de faca, ensinar o padre a rezar missa
köken: Literally, “to rain on wet”.
to bring owls to Athens, to carry coals to Newcastle (to do something that is not needed)
eş: wozić drwa do lasu
köken: Literally, “to carry wood into [the] forest”. Compare Czech nosit dříví do lesa, Russian в лес дрова́ вози́ть (v les drová vozítʹ).
to carry coals to Newcastle
to carry coals to Newcastle, to bring owls to Athens
eş: nosit sovy do Atén
köken: Literally, “to bring wood to the forest”.
to carry coals to Newcastle, bring owls to Athens (to do something that is unneeded, superfluous or pointless)
köken: víz (“water”) + -et (accusative suffix) + hord (“to carry”) + a (“the”) + Duna (“Danube”) + -ba (“into”, case suffix), literally “to carry water into the Danube”
cmn 🔊 多此一舉 /多此一举 , 脫褲子放屁 /脱裤子放屁
gd 🔊 thoir eich a dh'Innse Gall , thoir fiodhrach do Loch Abar
nn 🔊 gje brød til bakaren sine born