llevar leña al monte
Spanish
Verb
llevar leña al monte (first-person singular present llevo leña al monte, first-person singular preterite llevé leña al monte, past participle llevado leña al monte)
- (idiomatic) To carry coals to Newcastle
Further reading
- “llevar leña al monte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024