carpet大家都认识么？
地毯的意思
call someone on the carpet / be called on the carpet
字面意思，某人被叫到地毯上去了
实际是：被问责，被训的意思
why?
这个地道表达来自军队
在军营里
只有高级将官的办公室里才有地毯
被叫到地毯上去
意味着一个士兵（下等军官）被叫到将官那里被训话问话
后来就引申为被训话的意思了
例句：
1. The student tried to make the teacher think that his
report was original, but the teacher knew it wasn’t,
and called him on the carpet.
那学生想法让老师相信他的报告是原创的，但老师知道它不是
所以就叫他去问话了
2. I got called on the carpet for being late again.
我因为迟到，又被训了
