Chew or chewing the carpet is not in the oed but it is in jonathon green s dictionary of slang.
													
																	Chew carpet slang. 
									
	
		
	
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																	Green describes it as being us slang from the 1950s and defines it as to lose emotional control to have a temper tantrum. 
																	Chew definition to crush or grind with the teeth. 
																	To lose emotional control. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	If your puppy starts to chew on your carpet it could be because he s teething. 
																	An english equivalent would be fire eater. 
																	One usually male who gets into a fearful rage a visible very angry man. 
																	Carpeting definition material for carpets. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Some writers who did not have a good knowledge of g. 
																	It is a literal translation of the german word teppichfresser which is a slang term for a person who flies into an uncontrollable rage very easily.