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Can you help me with the phrase "between carpets"? Is it an idiom or they are just saying that they are buying new carpets or something like that? They are chatting at a dinner.

-And how's the house?

-We're between carpets at the moment.

EDWARD: And how's the house? We're between carpets at the moment.

DAPHNE: Poor things.

WILLIAM: It's awful, isn't it, darling? There's nothing worse than being between carpets.

-Poor things. -It's awful From TV series "Grantchester", isn't itseason 1, darling?

There's nothing worse than being between carpets.episode 2

Can you help me with the phrase "between carpets"? Is it an idiom or they are just saying that they are buying new carpets or something like that? They are chatting at a dinner.

-And how's the house?

-We're between carpets at the moment.

-Poor things. -It's awful, isn't it, darling?

There's nothing worse than being between carpets.

Can you help me with the phrase "between carpets"? Is it an idiom or they are just saying that they are buying new carpets or something like that? They are chatting at a dinner.

EDWARD: And how's the house? We're between carpets at the moment.

DAPHNE: Poor things.

WILLIAM: It's awful, isn't it, darling? There's nothing worse than being between carpets.

From TV series "Grantchester", season 1, episode 2

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What does "between carpets" mean in this context?

Can you help me with the phrase "between carpets"? Is it an idiom or they are just saying that they are buying new carpets or something like that? They are chatting at a dinner.

-And how's the house?

-We're between carpets at the moment.

-Poor things. -It's awful, isn't it, darling?

There's nothing worse than being between carpets.