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ID: #15369
Question
'To carry coals to new castle' Means :
Options
1
Always doing something
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2
Doing a useful job
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3
Carrying something valuable
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4
Doing a meaningless job
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Explanation
Newcastle was a major coal-producing center in England. Bringing coal there would be redundant. Thus, the idiom means doing a meaningless, unnecessary, or superfluous job.