red carpet
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3.4
- noun
- /rɛd ˈkɑːrpɪt/
- Informal
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trato preferencial
- The hotel staff rolled out the red carpet to welcome the visiting dignitaries with special hospitality.
- roll out the red carpet
You want the best service, red carpet treatment?
- You want the best service, red carpet treatment?
- And let me tell you what, So working with Greg and his team, it's like they roll out the red carpet at your own house for you.
- You're sending out the red carpet for them and you treat Zelensky like shit and you attack him.
Examples
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I have some friends coming to town that I'd like to roll out the red carpet for.
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The director told her that the only reason I was receiving the red carpet treatment was because of her.
Blog text (14) -
You want the best service, red carpet treatment?
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Roll out the red carpet.
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Well, let's roll out the red carpet.
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I am surprised that they have not rolled out the red carpet.
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We flew back with him to Switzerland in July, where his entire family rolled out the red carpet for us.
Blog text (25) -
They rolled out the red carpet.
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"David Cameron, the British prime minister, has offered to roll out the red carpet for French tax exiles."
Blog text (24) -
The Indians spent three days in Havana, and according to "Mad Bear" Anderson's account, they were royally received: "They rolled out the red carpet for us, including police escort in Cadillacs, bands, and machete-waving campesinos."
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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2.2
Friendly and generous welcome that makes guests feel at home
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5.3
Special care and service for a person, like a king or queen
A warm friendly welcome that guests receive when they arrive
Antonyms
How Honored
Surface Forms
Morphology
red + carpet
The literal meanings 'red' (a color) and 'carpet' (a floor covering) do not by themselves specify the idea of special treatment; a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would likely think of a physically red carpet rather than honored hospitality. However, the phrase is partly motivated by the cultural practice of laying out a red carpet for important guests—this conventionalized association gives a hint of the idiomatic meaning but still requires cultural or contextual knowledge, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Red carpet comes from the picture of a long red carpet rolled out to welcome a very important guest, and that's why the phrase came to mean 'special attention'.