It is a red carpet.
It is red tape.
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
It is a red-letter day.
This is not an idiom. When you see AS ___ AS ___, you are looking at A Simile. This one is comparing something to the red color of a turkey's wattle.
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.
It is red tape.
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.
To be called to the Headmaster's office for a talking to or caning.
Tha Blue Carpet Treatment was created on 2006-11-20.
A red carpet is red in colour.
It is a red herring.
The carpet color for high traffic areas would be a dark color like brown or dark green because they hide dirt and grass that is tracked through constantly.
The origin is unclear, but it most likely refers to a confusion between horses of a similar color. The idiom means that the new subject is totally different.
Beetle Bailey - 1963 The Red Carpet Treatment 1-27 was released on: USA: 1963
The Mentalist - 2008 Red Carpet Treatment 3-4 is rated/received certificates of: Netherlands:12
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
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