cold turkey : Popular Idioms in English

cold turkey

to go completely without something.

Sophie knew she was addicted to chocolate. She knew that the only way to lose weight was to give herself the cold turkey treatment and desisting from gorging into chocolates.

Definitions

  • n  a blunt expression of views
  • n  complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
News & Articles

  • Dwight Howard to Voice a Turkey in the Film ‘Free Birds’
    Free agent center Dwight Howard has officially gone Hollywood. D12 will lend his voice to a character named Cold Turkey in the animated film “Free Birds” (scheduled to hit theaters on November 1, 2013.) Per Deadline (via Deadspin ): “Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history – and get turkey ...
    June 14, 2013 - Slam
  • Dwight Howard will play a cartoon turkey in a movie
    Los Angeles Lakers star Dwight Howard has found something to keep him busy during the off season. He has joined the voice cast of Relativity and Reel FX ’s Free Birds . He plays Cold Turkey, one of the Wild Turkeys that Jake (voiced by Woody Harrelson ) and Reggie (voiced by Owen Wilson ) meet when they travel back in time to try and get turkeys off the Thanksgiving Day menu.
    June 14, 2013 - Philly.com
  • Dwight Howard Will Voice A Turkey In A Movie About...Turkeys
    The film is called Free Birds . Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler and Colm Meaney, who will clearly voice the Asshole Turkey, are in it. Dwight Howard will voice a character named Cold Turkey. Do you get it? Here's the plot synopsis from IMDb : Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey ...
    June 14, 2013 - Deadspin