Go Cold Turkey

Idiom: Go cold turkey

cold+turkey

Example:
Frank: I’m thinking about quitting fast food.
Aaron: That’s really good.  It’s really unhealthy to eat fried food every day. 
Frank:Yeah, I’m going cold turkey.  No transition period.
Aaron: Wow!  That’s difficult.  I usually cut some foods slowly.  I can’t give up food I like all at once. 

Meaning: Go cold turkey is an expression used when someone stops doing something without a transition period.  It’s a very sudden stop to an action or habit.
@SBLA @OC @NELA @DTLA

www.languagesystems.edu

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

You may also like

Teaching English language effectively goes far beyond grammar rules and vocabulary lists. At Language Systems (LSI), we believe that mastering...

Students from Language Systems International – Downtown Los Angeles Campus enjoyed the Veterans Day holiday in a very special way:...

Veterans Day is one of the most important holidays in the United States, celebrated every year on November 11. The...