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Meaning of sell coal to Newcastle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [C2]

Examples

“Who'd try to sell a new video game system now, in 1985? This wasn't selling coal to Newcastle, it was selling smog to Los Angeles.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

sell coals to Newcastle sell dearly sell down sell down the river sell freezers to Eskimos sell ice to Eskimos