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a carpet-baggerA candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.Rate it:

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call off the carpetTo get away fromRate it:

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bomb aroundThe drive around at speed for pleasure.Rate it:

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L-bombThe word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.Rate it:

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roll out the red carpetTo extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner.Rate it:

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under the carpetUsed other than as an idiom: see under, carpet.Rate it:

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Red-Carpet TreatmentSpecial and exclusive treatment for someone in terms of hospitality and respectRate it:

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atom bombnuclear weaponRate it:

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bomb outTo fail; to produce no or very poor results; to drop out of or be eliminated from a competition.Rate it:

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box-office bombA motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially that which is less than the budget for the motion picture.Rate it:

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brush under the carpetTo hide, cover up or overlook something, usually a negative thingRate it:

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Call You on the CarpetTo scold a person before assigning an authorityRate it:

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drop a bombTo release faeces from the bowels; to excrete.Rate it:

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drop a bombTo announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning.Rate it:

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drop the f-bombTo utter the word fuck.Rate it:

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L-bomban expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationshipRate it:

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the carpet matches the drapesA woman's pubic hair is of the same colour as the hair on her head, i.e. her hair is not dyed.Rate it:

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under the carpetSuch as to be hidden from plain view (and thus easily ignored or overlooked).Rate it:

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beat upRepeatedly bomb a military target or targets.Rate it:

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hoist by one's own petardTo be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb".Rate it:

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s'agenouiller à cruTo kneel on the bare ground, on the cold stone (without a hassock or carpet).Rate it:

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tapis rougered carpetRate it:

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the curtains match the drapesSynonym of the carpet matches the drapesRate it:

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