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be on speaking terms

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not be on speaking terms

to be refusing to talk to someone because you have had an argument and are still angry with them (often + with ) She's not on speaking terms with her ex-husband. Jeanette and her mother haven't been on speaking terms since the wedding.

See be speaking out of both sides of mouth

See also: on, speaking, term