What is Pouring On The Coals?
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Increase production quickly
Stems from old coal burning, steam engines, where the coalmen had to shovel coal into the burner to keep the train running. The more coals the bigger the fire, the faster the train could go.
General Motors is pouring on the coals in the development of hybrid vehicles over the last couple of years
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Another alternate phrase meaning going to take a piss, uttered to a friend in a bar.
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