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carry coals to newcastle meaning in Norwegian

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carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
verb

(Bokmål) gi bakerens barn brød (give bread to the baker's children), gå over bekken etter vann (cross the river in search of water)verb

(Nynorsk) gje brød til bakaren sine born (give bread to the baker's children)verb