Call on the carpet and Rap on the knuckles

Call on the carpet verb - Censure severely or angrily.

Rap on the knuckles and call on the carpet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rap on the knuckles" instead a verb phrase "Call on the carpet".

Call on the carpet and rap on the knuckles are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Call on the carpet" instead a verb phrase "Rap on the knuckles".