Idioms


The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class


Idiom:
call (someone) on the carpet

Meaning:
to call someone before an authority to be scolded or reprimanded

Example:
The salesman was called on the carpet by his boss for losing the big sale.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An idiom is a group of words, or in other words, a phrase that has a meaning other than its literal meaning of the words in it.
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