Meaning: black carpet beetle

n.
a carpet beetle that is solid black in color

carpet Idiom, Proverb

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.

on the carpet

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

red carpet

(See roll out the red carpet)

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.

sweep under the carpet

hide problems, cover mistakes Don't sweep your problems under the carpet. Try to solve them.

carpet muncher

offensive term for a lesbian

sweep sth under the carpet

Idiom(s): sweep something under the carpet AND sweep something under the rug

Theme: DECEPTION

to try to hide something unpleasant, shameful, etc., from the attention of others.
• The boss said he couldn't sweep the theft under the carpet, that he'd have to call in the police.
• Roger had a tendency to sweep all the problems under the rug.

roll out the red carpet for

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

Theme: WELCOME

to provide special treatment for someone.
• There's no need to roll out the red carpet for me.
• We rolled out the red carpet for the king and queen.

give sb the red-carpet treatment

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

Theme: PRAISE

to give someone very special treatment; to give someone royal treatment.
• We always give the queen the red-carpet treatment when she comes to visit.
• They never give me the red-carpet treatment.

get the red-carpet treatment

Idiom(s): get the red-carpet treatment

Theme: RESPECT - HONOR

to receive very special treatment; to receive royal treatment. (This refers—sometimes literally—to the rolling out of a clean red carpet for someone to walk on.)
• I love to go to fancy stores where I get the red carpet treatment.
• The queen expects to get the red-carpet treatment wherever she goes.

call sb on the carpet

Idiom(s): call sb on the carpet

Theme: SCOLDING

to reprimand a person. (The phrase presents images of a person called into the boss's carpeted office for a reprimand.)
• One more error like that and the boss will call you on the carpet.
• I’m sorry it went wrong. I really hope he doesn't call me on the carpet again.

Brush under the carpet

If you brush something under the carpet, you are making an attempt to ignore it, or hide it from others.

Call on the carpet

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

Carpetbagger

A carpetbagger is an opportunist without any scruples or ethics, or a politican who wants to represent a place they have no connection with.

Sweep things under the carpet

If people try to ignore unpleasant things and forget about them, they sweep them under the carpet.

red carpet treatment

treat someone with great respect: "When we visit our offices in Asia, we get the red carpet treatment."

call on the carpet|call|carpet

v. phr., informal To call (a person) before an authority (as a boss or teacher) for a scolding or reprimand. The worker was called on the carpet by the boss for sleeping on the job. The principal called Tom on the carpet and warned him to stop coming to school late.

magic carpet|carpet|magic

n. 1. A rug said to be able to transport a person through the air to any place he wishes. The caliph of Baghdad flew on his magic carpet to Arabia. 2. Any form of transportation that is comfortable and easy enough to seem magical. Flying the Concord from Dallas to London seemed like boarding the magic carpet. Mr. Smith's new car drove so smoothly it seemed like a magic carpet.

red-carpet|carpet|red

adj. When the president visited the foreign country, he was given the red-carpet treatment and welcomed by a great crowd. We gave Uncle Willie the red-carpet treatment when he returned from Hong Kong.

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

v. phr. 1. To welcome an important guest by putting a red carpet down for him to walk on. They rolled out the red carpet for the Queen when she arrived in Australia. 2. To greet a person with great respect and honor; give a hearty welcome. Margaret's family rolled out the red carpet for her teacher when she came to dinner.
Compare: WELCOME MAT. -

carpet

carpet
see call on the carpet; red carpet. Also see under rug.