What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"?
What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"?
I was talking with a friend who mentioned "taking tea to India". It made me wonder what the equivalents are around the world. "Taking coals to Newcastle" is the UK's.
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Ice to Eskimos in the eastern us. Yes, I know Eskimo isn't preferred but that didn't stop Nana.
53 0 ReplySame, or "he could sell igloos to eskimos" to describe an especially skilled salesman.
23 0 ReplyI've heard "It's like selling ice to Eskimos" used in the context of the OP
11 0 ReplyYeah, I've only ever heard it in the "he could sell..." formulation.
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Guess we're getting pretty far from the "things to place" idea, but there's always "preaching to the choir"
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