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Call to the carpet

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Phraseologism: Call to the carpet.

Meaning: Call a subordinate to the boss's office for a reprimand, dressing down (often joking-iron.).

Origin: Turnovers to call / call to the carpet, go / go to the carpet go back to the English "to be on the carpet" "to be on the carpet" (it is assumed that this expression originally referred to a servant called to the owner for a reprimand). The phrase "to be on the carpet" was associated in English with sports terminology, from which it passed into common vocabulary with the meaning "to be on the agenda, to be considered" or "to receive a scolding, reprimand from superiors." In the Russian language, only the second meaning of the expression was fixed, but on the other hand, such variants of it were formed as calling to the carpet, going to the carpet.

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