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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Carry Coals (See Coals .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Humility | Verb: be humble; Adjective: deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit; submit with a good grace; (brook); yield the palm. |
Inutility | Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible). |
Redundancy | Send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens; teach one's grandmother to suck eggs; pisces natare docere;kill the slain, " gild refined gold", "gild the lily", butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon; employ a steam engine to crack a nut; (waste). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CARRY COALS |
| Specialty definitions using "CARRY COALS": Black-guards ♦ Coals, Crocum in Ciliciam ferre ♦ Noctuas Athenas Ferre. (references) |
Expressions using "CARRY COALS": carry coals to newcastle ♦ To carry coals ♦ To carry coals to Newcastle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "CARRY COALS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | kocsmába sört hord (to carry coals to Newcastle), dunába vizet hord (to carry coals to Newcastle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | arrycay oalscay cãra apã la puţ (carry coals to newcastle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-l-o-r-r-s-y" | |
-2 letters: caracols, crayolas. | |
-3 letters: calcars, caracol, cloacas, corrals, crayola. | |
-4 letters: arrays, cacaos, calcar, calory, carols, claros, cloaca, coalas, corals, corral, corsac, craals, cyclos, lascar, rascal, rosary, royals, sacral, salary, scalar, scarry. | |
-5 letters: acyls, alary, arras, array, aryls, asyla, cacao, cacas, calos, carls, carol, carrs, carry, claro, clary, clays, cloys, coala, coals, coaly, cocas, colas, coral. | |
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