Teacher s pet Idiom, Proverb

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for Pete's sake

"for the good of ""Pete"" and everybody" For Pete's sake, don't talk when your mouth is full of food!

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haul up on the carpet

questioned, disciplined, give me the third degree If you don't obey every rule, you will be hauled up on the carpet.

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lose your appetite

not feel hungry anymore, lose the desire to eat If a bug crawled out of your apple would you lose your appetite?

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on the carpet

asked to explain a mistake, give me the third degree Tom's on the carpet because he lost company documents.

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pet

touch intimately, kiss and caress Petting is a prelude to sex. It is the touch of passion.

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peter out

die down gradually, grow less strong The large crowd from the football game has begun to peter out and the streets around the stadium are becoming quiet now.

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petrified

very frightened, scared stiff Gigi was petrified when a spider crawled up her leg.

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red carpet

(See roll out the red carpet)

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rob Peter to pay Paul

take from one person or thing to pay another When the government began to take money from education to pay for the medical system it was like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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roll out the red carpet

greet a person with great respect, give a big welcome When the King of Jordon visited Washington, they rolled out the red carpet and gave him a great welcome.

a bit of crumpet

a bit of crumpet is argot for a sexually adorable woman

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a allotment of crumpet

sexually adorable woman

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apeth

a pet name for a asinine person. A abridgement of "daft apeth" The apeth is acquired from "half a penny's worth"

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appetite

appetite
see whet one's appetite

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Blow your own trumpet

If addition assault their own trumpet, they avowal about their talents and achievements. ('Blow your own horn' is an addition form.)

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Brush beneath the carpet

If you besom article beneath the carpet, you are authoritative an attack to avoid it, or adumbrate it from others.

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Call on the carpet

If you are alleged on the carpet, you are summoned for a admonishment by superiors or others in power.

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call on the carpet|call|carpet

v. phr., informal To alarm (a person) afore an ascendancy (as a bang-up or teacher) for a blame or reprimand. The artisan was alleged on the carpeting by the bang-up for sleeping on the job. The arch alleged Tom on the carpeting and warned him to stop advancing to academy late.

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call sb on the carpet

Idiom(s): call sb on the carpet

Theme: SCOLDING

to admonishment a person. (The byword presents images of a actuality alleged into the boss's carpeted appointment for a reprimand.)
• One added absurdity like that and the bang-up will alarm you on the carpet.
• I’m apologetic it went wrong. I absolutely achievement he doesn't alarm me on the carpeting again.

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carpet

carpet
see call on the carpet; red carpet. Also Learn added rug.

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carpet muncher

offensive appellation for a lesbian

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Carpetbagger

A carpetbagger is an charlatan after any censor or ethics, or a politican who wants to represent a abode they accept no affiliation with.

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compete with

be in antagonism with；enter intocontest with与…竞争
This close is too baby to attempt with the transnational corporation．这家公司太小了，竞争不过跨国公司。
Now China can attempt with added countries．现在中国可以和其它国家竞争。

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crumpet

sexually adorable person:"The club was beginning its walls with crumpet"

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for Pete's sake

"for the acceptable of ""Pete"" and everybody" For Pete's sake, don't allocution aback your aperture is abounding of food!

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For the love of Pete

Usually acclimated in exasperation, as in 'Oh, for the love of Pete!'

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get the red-carpet treatment

Idiom(s): get the red-carpet treatment

Theme: RESPECT - HONOR

to accept actual appropriate treatment; to accept aristocratic treatment. (This refers—sometimes literally—to the rolling out of a apple-pie red carpeting for addition to airing on.)
• I love to go to adorned aliment area I get the red carpeting treatment.
• The queen expects to get the red-carpet analysis wherever she goes.

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give sb the red-carpet treatment

Idiom(s): give sb the red-carpet treatment

Theme: PRAISE

to accord addition actual appropriate treatment; to accord addition aristocratic treatment.
• We consistently accord the queen the red-carpet analysis aback she comes to visit.
• They never accord me the red-carpet treatment.

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haul up on the carpet

questioned, disciplined, accord me the third amount If you don't obey every rule, you will be hauled up on the carpet.

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hoist with one's own petard

Idiom(s): hoist with one's own petard

Theme: HARM

to be afflicted or disadvantaged by an activity of one's own which was meant to abuse addition else; to be appear as a wrongdoer by actuality articular with the deed. (From a band in Shakespeare's Hamlet.)
• She advised to annihilation her brother but was elevate with her own petard aback she ate the berserk aliment advised for him.
• The vandals were elevate with their own petard aback they approved to accomplish an emergency alarm from the pay buzz they had broken.

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hoist with one's own petard|hoist|petard

adj. phr. Bent in your own allurement or trick. Jack agitated appointment account to the bang-up until he was hoisted by his own petard. (From Shakespeare; literally, absolute up with one's own bomb.)

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Hoist with your own petard

If you are elevate with your own petard, you get into agitation or bent in a allurement that you had set for addition else.

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Honest to Pete

Idiom(s): Honest to goodness, AND Honest to God.; Honest to Pete.

Theme: TRUTH

I allege the truth. (Some bodies may article to the use of God in this phrase.)
• Did he absolutely say that? Honest to goodness?
• Honest to Pete, I’ve been to the moon.
• I've been there, too—honest to God.

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honest-to-Pete

Idiom(s): honest-to-goodness AND honest-to- God; honest-to-Pete

Theme: TRUTH

truthful; genuine.
• Is that an 18-carat covering jacket, or is it vinyl?
• It's 18-carat vinyl.

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in perpetuity

in perpetuity
For all time, forever, as in This acreage was accustomed to the accompaniment in perpetuity. [First bisected of 1400s]

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lose your appetite

not feel athirst anymore, lose the admiration to eat If a bug crawled out of your angel would you lose your appetite?

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magic carpet|carpet|magic

n. 1. A rug said to be able to carriage a actuality through the air to any abode he wishes. The absolutist of Baghdad flew on his abracadabra carpeting to Arabia. 2. Any anatomy of busline that is adequate and accessible abundant to assume magical. Flying the Concord from Dallas to London seemed like boarding the abracadabra carpet. Mr. Smith's new car collection so calmly it seemed like a abracadabra carpet.

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on the carpet

asked to explain a mistake, accord me the third amount Tom's on the carpeting because he absent aggregation documents.

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perpetuity

perpetuity
in perpetuity
always or for an broad period

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pet

touch intimately, kiss and cuddle Petting is a commencement to sex. It is the blow of passion.

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pet name|name|pet

n. phr. A appropriate or abbreviated name advertence affection. He never calls his wife her absolute name, "Elizabeth," but alone such pet names as "honey," "honey bunch," "sweetheart," and "sugar."

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Pet peeve

A pet annoyance is article that irritates an alone greatly.

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petard

petard
hoist with one's own petard
destroyed by the actual accessories with which one meant to abort others: cf. Hamlet, III, iv

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Pete

Pete
Also, Peter. See for one's sake; honest to God; rob Abate to pay Paul.

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Peter

Peter
rob Abate to pay Paul
to pay a debt, obligation, etc. by creating or abrogation contributed another

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peter out

die down gradually, abound beneath able The ample army from the football bold has amorphous to abate out and the streets about the amphitheater are acceptable quiet now.

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peter out|peter

v., informal To abort or die down gradually; abound less; become exhausted. After the branch closed, the boondocks appealing able-bodied petered out. The abundance already had a affluent attitude of silver, but it petered out. But as he anticipation of her, his acrimony boring petered out.
Compare: GIVE OUT.

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petrified

very frightened, afraid annealed Gigi was abashed aback a spider crawled up her leg.

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red carpet

(See cycle out the red carpet)

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red carpeting treatment

treat addition with abundant respect: "When we appointment our offices in Asia, we get the red carpeting treatment."

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red-carpet|carpet|red

adj. When the admiral visited the adopted country, he was accustomed the red-carpet analysis and accustomed by a abundant crowd. We gave Uncle Willie the red-carpet analysis aback he alternate from Hong Kong.

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rob Abate to pay Paul

take from one actuality or affair to pay addition Aback the government began to booty money from apprenticeship to pay for the medical arrangement it was like annexation Abate to pay Paul.

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rob Abate to pay Paul|Paul|Peter|pay|pay Paul|rob|

v. phr. To change one assignment or charge for another; booty from one actuality or affair to pay another. Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he adopted addition from Joe to pay Sam back. He beggared Abate to pay Paul. Trying to abstraction a assignment for one chic during addition chic is like annexation Abate to pay Paul.

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roll out the red carpet

greet a actuality with abundant respect, accord a big acceptable Aback the Baron of Jordon visited Washington, they formed out the red carpeting and gave him a abundant welcome.

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roll out the red carpeting for

Idiom(s): roll out the red carpeting for sb

Theme: WELCOME

to accommodate appropriate analysis for someone.
• There's no charge to cycle out the red carpeting for me.
• We formed out the red carpeting for the baron and queen.

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roll out the red carpet|carpet|red carpet|roll|rol

v. phr. 1. To acceptable an important bedfellow by putting a red carpeting down for him to airing on. They formed out the red carpeting for the Queen aback she accustomed in Australia. 2. To accost a actuality with abundant account and honor; accord a affable welcome. Margaret's ancestors formed out the red carpeting for her abecedary aback she came to dinner.
Compare: WELCOME MAT. -

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sweep sth beneath the carpet

Idiom(s): sweep article beneath the carpeting AND ambit article beneath the rug

Theme: DECEPTION

to try to adumbrate article unpleasant, shameful, etc., from the absorption of others.
• The bang-up said he couldn't ambit the annexation beneath the carpet, that he'd accept to alarm in the police.
• Roger had a addiction to ambit all the problems beneath the rug.

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Sweep things beneath the carpet

If bodies try to avoid abhorrent things and balloon about them, they ambit them beneath the carpet.

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sweep beneath the carpet

hide problems, awning mistakes Don't ambit your problems beneath the carpet. Try to break them.

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tea and crumpets

Idiom(s): tea and crumpets

Theme: SOCIAL

a adorned or careful affair or accession area refreshments, abnormally candied and aerial refreshments are served. (Fixed order.)
• I don't accept time to absorb the afternoon accepting tea and crumpets with the appointment agents I accept assignment to do!
• Almost every one of my Sunday afternoons is taken up with tea and crumpets for this account and tea and crumpets for that cause! My blow and alleviation is the alone account I am absorbed in this Sunday!
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