Post-UTME English Language 2006 Objective — Question 21
Question 21 of 35 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2006 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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To carry coals to Newcastle (nearest in meaning to the idiom)
- A. to take things to where they are in abundance alreadyCorrect
- B. to dirty a place known to be ever neat
- C. to bring shame to a place and its people
- D. to behave ungrateful to a mentor
Explanation
'Carry coals to Newcastle' (a coal-mining town) means to bring something to a place that already has an abundance of it.
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