cold turkey

See also: cold-turkey

English

Etymology

Various explanations; see Cold turkey § Etymology on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cold turkey (uncountable)

Sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.
The physiological effects of such a withdrawal.

Translations

sudden and complete withdrawal

Danish: kold tyrker
Dutch: abrupte ontwenning
German: kalter Entzug (de) m

Irish: tobstaonadh m
Italian: astinenza completa f, astinenza (it) f

symptoms of withdrawal

Dutch: ontwenningsverschijnselen
French: manque (fr) m
Irish: tobstaonadh m

Italian: crisi di astinenza f
Portuguese: crise de abstinência
Swedish: abstinenssymtom

Adverb

cold turkey (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
It is difficult, but possible to quit smoking cold turkey.

Translations

abruptly

Dutch: ineens (nl)
Finnish: kerralla (fi), seinään
French: brutalement (fr), d'un coup d'un seul (fr), d'un seul coup (fr)
German: abrupt (de)

Italian: di colpo, di punto in bianco (it)
Japanese: 突然に (totsuzenni), 一度に (ichidoni)
Russian: ре́зко (ru) (rézko), внеза́пно (ru) (vnezápno)
Swedish: abrupt (sv), på en gång (sv), helt tvärt

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