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)

1. (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], 2024 December 10