"levar água ao mar" meaning in Portuguese

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Verb

Forms: levo água ao mar [first-person, present, singular], levei água ao mar [first-person, preterite, singular], levado água ao mar [participle, past]
Head templates: {{pt-verb}} levar água ao mar (first-person singular present levo água ao mar, first-person singular preterite levei água ao mar, past participle levado água ao mar)
  1. (idiomatic) to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-levar_água_ao_mar-pt-verb-AzQgXi4z Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

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