Sentence examples of "like carrying coals to newcastle" in English
I once saw a man walk barefoot over hot coals.
Una vez vi a un hombre caminar descalzo sobre carbón ardiente.
Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air conditioner. All it has is a hand-held paper fan.
Por cierto, esta sala no tiene acondicionador de aire. Todo lo que tiene es un abanico.
I don't remember ever seeing Tom carrying a red bag.
No recuerdo haber visto alguna vez a Tom llevando un bolso rojo.
This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.
Este avión es capaz de transportar a 40 personas a la vez.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Me gustan los cerdos. Los perros nos admiran. Los gatos nos desprecian. Los cerdos nos tratan a todos por igual.
His times were to see the beginning and the carrying forward, to some quite serious degree, of the fulfilment of these words.
Sus tiempos iban a presenciar, en gran medida, el comienzo y el prevalecer del cumplimiento de estas palabras.
He is carrying out experiments in his laboratory.
Está llevando a cabo experimentos en su laboratorio.
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