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sell ice to Eskimos

sell ice to Eskimos verb: to persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.

Verb

sell ice to Eskimos (third-person singular simple present sells ice to Eskimos, present participle selling ice to Eskimos, simple past and past participle sold ice to Eskimos)

  1. (idiomatic) To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.
    • He's such a smooth talker, he could sell ice to Eskimos.

Synonyms of sell ice to Eskimos

Forms of sell ice to Eskimos

third-person singular presentsells ice to Eskimos
present participleselling ice to Eskimos
past participlesold ice to Eskimos
pastsold ice to Eskimos

Questions about sell ice to Eskimos

What does sell ice to Eskimos mean?
Sell ice to Eskimos means to persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.
What part of speech is sell ice to Eskimos?
Sell ice to Eskimos is a verb.
What is the past tense of sell ice to Eskimos?
The past tense of sell ice to Eskimos is sold ice to Eskimos.

Words near sell ice to Eskimos in the dictionary

  1. sell coals to Newcastle
  2. sell dearly
  3. sell down
  4. sell down the river
  5. sell freezers to Eskimos
  6. sell ice to Eskimos
  7. sell in May
  8. sell in May and go away
  9. sell in May and stay away
  10. sell in May then go away
  11. sell in May, then go away

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