get the silent treatment

get the silent treatment

To be ignored or deliberately not spoken to by someone who is angry at one. Well, I must have done something wrong because I've been getting the silent treatment from him all week.
See also: get, silent, treatment
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

give somebody/get the ˈsilent treatment

refuse to talk to somebody, usually because you are angry with them; be treated in this way: Are you going to talk to me now, or are you still giving me the silent treatment?
See also: get, give, silent, somebody, treatment
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • give somebody/get the silent treatment
  • give someone the silent treatment
  • give (one) the silent treatment
  • look through
  • look through (one)
  • be (as) silent as the grave
  • (as) quiet as the grave
  • (as) silent as the dead
  • (as) silent as the grave
  • look straight through (one)
References in periodicals archive
MG Rover did not get the silent treatment, but was buried under the weight of Whitehall briefings against the struggling company.