laugh at the carpet

1. To laugh in a shy or embarrassed manner. The young start started laughing at the carpet as shouts of amorous admiration were cried out to him from the audience.

2. slang To vomit on the floor, regardless of whether it is carpeted or not. The sight of him puking like that caused me to laugh at the carpet as well.

laugh at the carpet

in. to vomit; to vomit on a carpet. Tom bent over and laughed at the carpet, much to the embarrassment of the entire group.

See also: carpet, laugh

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

a person after (one's) own
make advances at (one)
make advances to
make advances to (one)
make advances
get off with (someone)
chesterfield rugby
petting party
petting-party
be held in high regard

References in periodicals archive

I'll start the gorge rising with: copiously cough up the cakehole, decorate the pavement, laugh at the carpet, liquidate your assets, reverse lunch, Technicolor yawn, liquid laugh, personal protein spill, serenade the drain, and make pavement stew.

OK, hands up, who's been Basil's sidekick?

词组	laugh at the carpet
释义	laugh at the carpet laugh at the carpet 1. To laugh in a shy or embarrassed manner. The young start started laughing at the carpet as shouts of amorous admiration were cried out to him from the audience. 2. slang To vomit on the floor, regardless of whether it is carpeted or not. The sight of him puking like that caused me to laugh at the carpet as well. See also: carpet, laugh Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. laugh at the carpet in. to vomit; to vomit on a carpet. Tom bent over and laughed at the carpet, much to the embarrassment of the entire group. See also: carpet, laugh McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: a person after (one's) own make advances at (one) make advances to make advances to (one) make advances get off with (someone) chesterfield rugby petting party petting-party be held in high regard References in periodicals archive I'll start the gorge rising with: copiously cough up the cakehole, decorate the pavement, laugh at the carpet, liquidate your assets, reverse lunch, Technicolor yawn, liquid laugh, personal protein spill, serenade the drain, and make pavement stew. OK, hands up, who's been Basil's sidekick?
随便看	have a hide/skin like a rhinoceros have a high old time have a high opinion of (someone or something) have a hitch in gitalong have (a)hold of (someone or something) have a hold on (someone) have a hold over have a hold over (someone) have a hollow leg have a hunch have a hunch (about someone or something) have a hunch that is the case have airs and graces have a jab at (someone or something) have a jag on have a job have a job doing/to do something have a jones for (something) have a keen interest in have a keen interest in (something) have a kick to it have a kick to it/them have a knees-up have a knee-trembler have a lash at