get the brush-off
get the brush-off {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important.
My idea for a party got the brush-off from the other children.
2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored.
Frank and Jane had an argument, so the next time he telephoned her, he got the brush-off.
Categories:
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms