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
To be called 'on the carpet', i.e. for reprimand by superior, is early 1900's, American colloquial, (possible), from one's uncarpeted work area to carpeted offices of one's superior.
I believe that phrase comes from the movie starring Bo Derek called "Ten".
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
It's not a phrase, and it's one word "armpit". Origin is from Old English earm "arm" and pytt "hole in the ground".
how dare you. you are out of line.
I believe that phrase comes from the movie starring Bo Derek called "Ten".
this means to be called to help or called to service in the area or gifts of help.
The origin of the phrase "Show Out" is from a Christian Hip Hop band called Flame. They sing about how the audience shows up and shows out to indicate how much an audience wants to see a performance.
There is no such phrase as "eat you".
Carpet sellers are usually called carpet salesmen.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The phrase of Greek origin referring to the common people is "hoi polloi."
The phrase 'pure wool' when used to describe a carpet indicates that the upstanding or visible fibres of the carpet are 100% wool.
"on the rocks"
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
might look like a carpet...
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