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词汇 be-on-the-carpet
释义

be on the carpet


idiommainly US
to be in trouble with a person or organization in authority: 被上司责备,受老板训斥
The school is on the carpet for failing to discipline a teacher who hit a student.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
coal
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
shame
spoken
tear
ticking-off
wigging
Examples from literature

His collections had been falling off already, and he knew that he'd be on the carpet for that, if he didn't do better. 

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