- call smb. on the carpet
- или have smb. on the carpetвызывaть кoгo-л. нa кoвёp, дaть выгoвop, нaгoняй кoму-л.He felt not unlike a schoolboy called on the carpet (S. Heym). 'And I have had Fletcher on the carpet for it! He'd no business to go agreeing to your plans without reporting first to me' (A. Christie)
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