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.
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.
Carrying water to the sea is the Dutch version.
Seems like that should actually be quite a useful task in the Netherlands considering all the polders!
Of course the Dutch version is about water