VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Doormat

Meaning:

The phrase To be a doormat or to be treated like a doormat describes a weak person who is abused by others and submits to domination.

Examples:

  • Woman's a doormat in search of a door.
  • The doormat always slides in when you open the door.
  • She left her on my doormat after a one-night stand.
  • A slightly larger doormat, we were there with snow.
  • Don't let her treat you like a doormat.
  • If you don't fight back, they make you into a doormat.
  • The article is surrounded by a decorative rubber border (doormat).
  • I'm always the doormat, but not this time.
  • I bet she's got one for you, too... "doormat."
  • She must be a good doormat for you.