roll out the red carpet (for (someone))

to give a special welcome to someone important.

This city has rolled out the red carpet for women's fashion buyers and the media.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of red carpet (= a thick red covering for a floor or other surface that is put down for important guests to walk on)

• not take kindly to someone
• not take kindly to something
• not take lying down
• not take no for an answer
• not take something lying down
• not the end of the world
• not the half of it
• not think twice about
• not think twice about something
• not to be sneezed at
• not to be sniffed at
• not to mention
• not to mention someone
• not to mention something
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to speak of
• not to speak of something
• not touch something with a ten-foot pole
• not touch with a ten-foot pole
• not to worry
• not trust an inch
• not trust someone an inch
• not turn a hair
• not with a bang but with a whimper
• not worth the paper is printed on