Coventry

according to the Cambridge Dictionary: (/)

send sb to Coventry UK OLD-FASHIONED

If a group of people send someone to Coventry, they refuse to speak to that person, usually as a punishment for having done something to upset the group.

Thank you for your help. I thought Coventry was a nice place!

I used to live there, and I wouldnt say it was that great - but this phrase upset us!

I am sorry, I didn't mean to. I suppose every language has its set phrases. In Spanish for example, there is one that goes like this: "Quien se fue a Sevilla perdió su silla" meaning if you possess something and you abandon it if you return and somebody else has taken it, you are not to claim it as you abandoned it in the first place. I think it is a wise sentence.

Thank you all for your helpful replies to my question on Tenses. As a result I've joined the member list.

A convincing-sounding explanation of the origin of the expression "being sent to Coventry" may be found at http://www.exponet.co.uk/hstoric-Cov/sent-to.asp