Idioms With Carpet

To be in trouble with someone in authority 2.

Idioms with carpet.

Carp 1 kärp intr v. An idiom is a word group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal definition. Middle english carpen from old norse karpa to boast carp er n. This expression may refer to a piece of carpet in front of a desk where someone stands while being reprimanded.

On the carpet to be call put. Carp 2 kärp n. In my hospital if i allowed a nurse to work alongside me without wearing gloves i d be called on the carpet immediately for not protecting our staff. To be in trouble with someone in authority.

Roll out the red carpet. Idioms for carpet on the carpet before an authority or superior for an accounting of one s actions or a reprimand. Be on the carpet definition. Pull the carpet out from under one s feet.

A freshwater cyprinid fish cyprinus carpio native to eurasia. Carp or carps 1. He was called on the carpet again for his carelessness. Carped about the poor service at the restaurant.

The phrase call on the carpet is primarily an american idiom that has its roots in an idiom popular in the eighteenth century though today s meaning of call on the carpet did not come into use until the nineteenth century. See synonyms at quibble. Roll out the red carpet for someone sweep something under the carpet. You can also call someone on the carpet.