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carry/take coals to Newcastle idiomUK to supply something to a place or person that already has a lot of that particular thing: 多此一举;徒劳无功 Exporting pine to Scandinavia seems like carrying coals to Newcastle.往斯堪的纳维亚出口松木似乎有点儿多此一举。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Giving, providing and supplying accommodate accommodate someone with something administer administration afford arm someone with something dish hand off hand something around hand something back hand something down hand something in outfit provision re-equip re-equipment reassign reassignment rebid render
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