I told him that I thought he was crazy and got 'the silent treatment' for the rest of the day. [=he refused to talk to me for the rest of the day]
You have the 'right to remain silent'. [=the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested]
Whenever she gets mad at me, she 'gives me the silent treatment'. [=she does not speak to me]
(..) of Warden Norton's money. Severance pay for years. Good morning, Portland Daily Bugle. Byron Hadley? You have the right to remain silent. If you give up this right, anything you say can be held against you in court. I wasn't there to see, but I hear Byron Hadley sobbed like a girl... (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption
(..) Sure it is, but not to me, and certainly not to the warden. All right, who? Randall Stevens. Who? The "silent" silent partner. He's the guilty one, the man with the bank accounts. It's where the filtering process starts. They trace anything, (..)1994 The Shawshank Redemption