英美俚俗语【167】call someone on the carpet 训斥某人

call someone on the carpet

[美俚]训斥某人；谴责某人

You must be very careful to do your work well, or you will be called on the carpet for our boss is very strict with us.

你得非常认真地做好你的工作，否则你会受到训斥。因为我们的老板对我们要求非常严格。

The teacher called Fred on the carpet because he didn’t finish his homework yesterday.

老师训斥了弗雷德，因为他昨天未完成作业。

注解：

call意指传唤，carpet意指地毯；to call someone to the carpet系指把某人传到地毯上，喻指谴责某人，训斥某人。