释义 |
call sb on/onto the carpet idiom mainly US (of a person or organization in authority) to make someone answer questions about something they have done wrong or may have done wrong: How do you react when your boss calls you on the carpet? Documenting all conversations can help if you are later called onto the carpet to defend yourself. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Chastising & rebuking admonishing admonishingly admonitory barracking bawl carpet earbashing keelhaul lambaste lecture punchbag punching bag put someone in their placeidiom rap someone over the knucklesidiom read (someone) the riot actidiom reproachful shame spoken tear wigging |