释义 |
the silent treatment idiom the act of not speaking to someone, or speaking to them very little, because you are angry or upset about something they have done: The man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Rude behaviour that people report receiving from their colleagues includes getting the silent treatment and being cut off in a conversation. Put your critics in their place with the silent treatment. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Neglecting and ignoring aside beneath the/someone's radaridiom block something out brush someone/something off bury/have your head in the sandidiom ear lay let sleeping dogs lieidiom let something rideidiom look straight/right through someoneidiom lose the dressing roomidiom lost nose slightingly snub someone's back is turnedidiom step step on someone stiff-arm wink |