That's like carrying coals to Newcastle.
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Coals
/kəʊlz/
Synonyms for "coals" (8 found)
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11 entriesanthracite coalbituminous coalcoal ashcoal minecoal seamcoaling the boilercoaling the furnacecoaling the shipcoals the boilercoals the shiplignite coal
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We can get many coals here.
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The coals are burning red.
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Whoops! There aren't many live coals left! Go make some kindling would you?
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