French: enfoncer des portes ouvertesEnglish translation: to state the obvious 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | enfoncer des portes ouvertes | | English translation: | to state the obvious | | Entered by: | Channel |
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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | French term or phrase: enfoncer des portes ouvertes | | auriez-vous un équivalent en anglais de cette expression idiomatique? merci d'avance |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseHugo (asker): 12:09am Oct 5, 2004: thanks all for your answers and comments, I go with the crowd!
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| to push against an open door
Explanation:
Without more context, can't put my confidence level up! In English to argue about something that the other person is happy to concede.
|  Clive Jones
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| to take coals to Newcastle
Explanation:
is my first thought
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Note added at 2004-09-30 15:47:07 (GMT)
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it means to labout an obvious point
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Note added at 2004-09-30 15:47:23 (GMT)
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labouR
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Note added at 2004-09-30 15:47:41 (GMT)
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to belabour the point
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| to state the obvious
Explanation:
Ref Dictionary Harrap's shorter
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The translation workplace 
