walking carpet
- noun
- Informal
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alfombra andante
- When she arrived in her new faux fur coat, her friends called her a walking carpet.
Examples
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Their golden retriever, with its long fur, looked just like a walking carpet as it trotted through the grass.
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The comedian described his outfit as a walking carpet during the show.
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After grooming, their old sheepdog still looked like a walking carpet.
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Look at that walking carpet in the park!
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My friend wears a walking carpet costume to every party.
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When her friends saw her fluffy coat, they couldn't help but tease her, calling her a walking carpet.
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The fashion show featured a model draped in layers of faux fur, earning her the nickname walking carpet among the audience.
How Furry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'walking' (moving on foot) with 'carpet' (a thick covering) to create a direct metaphor: something that looks like a carpet and moves. This simple comparative composition is predictable from the constituents and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Walking carpet may come from the funny image of a thick carpet that looks like it is walking when a very furry person or dog moves. So people use it to call someone or a pet 'very furry' or wearing very fluffy clothes.