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Sentence #289610

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FeuDRenais FeuDRenais May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010 at 6:47:33 AM UTC link Permalink

"got called on the carpet"?

blay_paul blay_paul May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010 at 10:05:57 AM UTC link Permalink

Idiom referring to being sent to the (headmaster's, director's, etc.) office to be told off. Possibly originating because only that office was carpeted (OK, I'm guessing that bit).

FeuDRenais FeuDRenais May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010 at 10:07:00 AM UTC link Permalink

British idiom? :-)

corbinjurgens corbinjurgens July 7, 2016, edited July 7, 2016 July 7, 2016 at 1:45:06 PM UTC, edited July 7, 2016 at 1:46:01 PM UTC link Permalink

Never heard this idiom in my life. I am from New Zealand and we're very familiar with British and American English too.

CK CK July 7, 2016, edited July 7, 2016 July 7, 2016 at 2:15:22 PM UTC, edited July 7, 2016 at 3:02:58 PM UTC link Permalink

It's not all that rare.

There are over 400 instances found by Google.

"(get|got|getting|gets) called on the carpet"
https://www.google.com/search?q...on+the+carpet"

Over 100 results in YouTube videos.

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He was caught cheating on the exam and got called on the carpet.

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