magic carpet

[magic carpet] {n.}

1. A rug said to be able to transport a person through the air to any place he wishes.

* /The caliph of Baghdad flew on his magic carpet to Arabia./

2. Any form of transportation that is comfortable and easy enough to seem magical.

* /Flying the Concord from Dallas to London seemed like boarding the magic carpet./

* /Mr. Smith's new car drove so smoothly it seemed like a magic carpet./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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