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What is the color of the carpet in the idiom '-carpet treatment'?
It is a red carpet.
Can you give a sentence using the idiom roll the red carpet?
The idiom is incorrect - it should be Roll OUTthe red carpet.The mayor is really going to roll out the red carpet when that rock star arrives in town.
What is the orgin of the idiom call on the carpet?
To be called to the Headmaster's office for a talking to or caning.
What is the origin of the phrase called to the carpet?
during class i got assigned "call you to the carpet" as an idiom. my teachers idiom book says it s origin is that in a royal kingdom they didn't put carpet in the servants' rooms because it was too expensive, so when they called them to discus something they were calling them to the carpet because the royalty had carpeted floors
What does the idiom rolled out the red carpet mean?
A red carpet is placed for important people to walk on when they enter somewhere. Thus rolling out the red carpet is using the form of welcome which you would use for the most important of visitors.
What does to be on the carpet mean?
If you are called on the carpet, you are brought to face the consequences of your actions publicly, usually before your superior or superiors. The image is of the lowly worker (who used to work in bare offices with wood floors and no comfy rugs or carpet) being called into the boss' office, where there was lush carpeting. If you found yourself there, you were either in for a raise or for a scolding, and this idiom means the latter.
How do you spell idiom?
Idiom is correct.
What is a idiom about a cat?
what is a idiom about a cat
What is the idiom meaning of to be?
"To be" is not an idiom - it's a verb.
What is the meaning of the idiom apple shiner idiom?
The idiom "apple shiner" means the teacher's pet.
What is idiom misuse?
An idiom misuse is to use and idiom in a wrong way that doesn't make sense.
What is the idiom for 'larger than life'?
The idiom for 'larger than life' is "a force of nature."
