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mukul_barot@yahoo.co.uk
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Answer what? You haven't asked a question.
TheParser
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Good morning, Mukul.
(1) Are you referring to the idiom "to be called on the carpet"?
(a) This means that the boss (or any superior) calls you to his/her office
because s/he is very angry with you for something that you did.
(b) I do NOT know how this idiom started.
(i) But I remember it this way:
The boss's office probably has a nice, thick carpet.
Have a nice day!
stanislaw.masny
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I agree with TheParser. We have the same expression in Polish.
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