To carry coals
| to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. |
See also: Carry
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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UNION leaders want to carry coals back to Newcastle by opening two mines - creating 7,000 jobs.
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- To buy the refusal
- To call (any one) names
- To call a bond
- To call a party
- To call back
- To call down
- To call for
- To call forth
- To call in
- To call names
- To call off
- To call on
- To call out
- To call over
- To call the roll
- To call to account
- To call to mind
- To call to order
- To call to the bar
- To call up
- To cap the climax
- To care for
- To carry all before one
- To carry arms
- To carry away
- To carry coals
- To carry coals to Newcastle
- To carry off
- To carry on
- To carry one's point
- To carry out
- to carry the ball
- To carry the wind
- To carry through
- To carry up
- To carry weight
- To carve out
- To cast a
- To cast a horoscope
- To cast a shoe
- To cast anchor
- To cast aside
- To cast away
- To cast by
- To cast down
- To cast forth
- To cast in one's lot with
- To cast in one's teeth
- To cast in the teeth
- To cast lots
- To cast off
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- To call the roll
- to call their bluff
- to call their bluffs
- to call their own
- To call to account
- To call to mind
- To call to mind
- To call to order
- To call to the bar
- To call up
- to call your bluff
- to call your own
- to calm the waters
- to cap it all
- to cap it all (off)
- to cap it all off
- to cap it off
- To cap the climax
- to captain the ship
- to care a fuck
- to care a fuck about someone
- to care a fuck about something
- To care for
- to carry a lot of weight
- to carry a millstone
- to carry a torch
- To carry all before one
- To carry arms
- to carry authority
- To carry away
- To carry coals
- To carry coals to Newcastle
- to carry conviction
- to carry dead weight
- to carry excess baggage
- to carry it to the grave
- to carry little weight
- to carry much weight
- To carry off
- To carry on
- to carry on with one's life
- To carry one's point
- To carry out
- to carry some weight
- to carry the ball
- To carry the wind
- To carry through
- to carry two faces under one hood
- To carry up
- To carry weight
- To carry weight
- to carry/bring coals to Newcastle
- To carve out
- To cast a
- to cast a big shadow of someone
- to cast a big shadow over
- to cast a big shadow over one
- to cast a big shadow over somebody
- To cast a horoscope
- to cast a little light on
- to cast a little light on it
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