Meaning of red carpet | Babel Free
Definitions
- A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.
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VIP treatment. broadly, figuratively
Equivalents
العربية
سَجَّادَة حَمْرَاء
Deutsch
Roter Teppich
Español
alfombra roja
Français
tapis rouge
עברית
שָׁטִיחַ אָדֹם
日本語
レッドカーペット
한국어
레드카펫
Nederlands
rode loper
Português
tapete vermelho
Русский
кра́сная доро́жка
Tiếng Việt
thảm đỏ
Examples
“I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]”
“This time, the actor was in uncomfortably touchy-feely form. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.