"kantaa vettä kaivoon" meaning in Finnish

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Verb

Forms: "to carry water to the well" [literally]
Head templates: {{head|fi|verb|cat2=|cat3=|head=kantaa vettä kaivoon|sort=}} kantaa vettä kaivoon, {{fi-verb|head=kantaa vettä kaivoon}} kantaa vettä kaivoon Inflection templates: {{fi-infl-vp-partitive|vettä}}
  1. (idiomatic) to carry coals to Newcastle Tags: idiomatic

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