2024-04-05
12 分钟Welcome to the eight is english podcast.
My name is Jack, and today I have a solo episode where I will explain two idioms.
So, we are in the idiom academy today, and these are not exactly idioms.
These are more like expressions that we use to describe certain behaviors.
Okay.
And they're kind of related, the two expressions.
One is possibly an idiom.
The other one is more of an expression that we use in English.
And the first one that we're going to look at today is the silent treatment.
So when someone gives you the silent treatment, it means that they stop talking to you, they stop communicating with you.
And this is probably everyone that has experienced a romantic relationship with someone has probably experienced the silent treatment from time to time.
And this can happen between friends, it can happen between coworkers, it can happen between lovers, but it tends to be more common among, in romantic relationships, I think.
And the silent treatment is where you're having perhaps an argument or something, and one person completely stops communicating with the other person.
So they act as if they cannot hear what you are saying.
So if you say something to them, you ask them a question, they give no response.
You may follow up with another question, can you hear me?
They don't give you a response.
It could be in an office situation.
It could be something like, hey, good morning, and nothing.
No response.