Under consideration; subject to discussion or deliberation.
Being reprimanded or carpeted.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe intellectual is called on the carpet... Don't you conceal something? You talk a language which is suspect. You don't talk like the rest of us, like the man in the street, but rather like a foreigner who does not belong here. We have to cut you down to size, expose your tricks, purge you. Herbert Marcuse
My view is quite simple. When your dog pees on the carpet, you do not give away your dog. You say, This dog is special. I have to teach him not to pee on the carpet. I feel exactly the same way about men. They need to be taught things. Jacqueline Bisset
I am a bit in love with a new designer George Hobeika; I have worn him a couple of times on the carpet. Ralph Lauren is another one I really have fun with. Darby Stanchfield
Decision-making based on emotional intuition, without the aid of reason to keep it in line, pretty much always sucks. You know who bases their entire lives on their emotions? Three-year-old kids. And dogs. You know what else three-year-olds and dogs do? Shit on the carpet. Mark Manson
On the carpet lay a pattern of markers, pebbles, an iron ring - junk. A random pattern. A crumpled sheet of paper blew towards Paradine. He picked it up automatically. Lewis Padgett
Pointing out that there's a turd lying on the carpet is not the same as shitting on the carpet. Dave Sim