2007-06-25 10:58:49 · 24 answers · asked by fazzybadger 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
means you stopped doing something for good.
2007-06-25 11:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phrase Cold Turkey
2016-12-14 16:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stop doing something immediately, usually a habit which has been very hard to break, eg smoking. I think it has to do with the idea that eating turkey which is cold can be a shock to your system (it's very cold!), just as stopping an old habit immediately can be as well.
2007-06-25 11:06:40 · answer #3 · answered by Me in Canada eh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To come off drugs without medication. Apparently it comes from the appearance of the skin during this process, as it gets covered in "goose bumps" and looks exactly like the skin of a plucked, cold turkey. Hope this helps.
2007-06-25 11:03:28 · answer #4 · answered by SKCave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cold turkey
the unpleasant physical and mental effects someone suffers when they suddenly stop taking drugs. The addict himself must make the decision that he wants to go cold turkey. The nurses are there to encourage patients through cold turkey.
2007-06-25 11:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you quit something abruptly without weaning off of it.
For example: if you smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day and you decide tomorrow morning to go cold turkey...you stop completely, no cutting back.
2007-06-25 11:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by meatball 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Say your in a relationship, and your girlfriend say that she don't want to be with you anymore, without any explanation or anything. That means she left you "cold turkey".
2007-06-25 11:05:09 · answer #7 · answered by Tracee F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means stopping something you are currently addicted to with no means of lessening it, like cigarettes......
If you smoke, stopping cold turkey means no more, ever.
Most people have that urge or craving for a cigarette, so the patch works for them, but cold turkey means they used their will power to not ever use tobacco again.....(good for them! :-)
2007-06-25 11:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by kaliroadrager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like suddenly and not gradually. For example, if someone wanted to quit smoking cold turkey, they would throw away all of their cigarettes instead of slowly stopping, like limiting it down from two packs a day to one. :)
2007-06-25 11:02:29 · answer #9 · answered by Kai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to stop immediately and without aid. For example, if you quit smoking "Cold Turkey" it means you just stopped smoking and never had another cigarette or nicotine gum, etc.
2007-06-25 11:02:23 · answer #10 · answered by E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To quit "cold turkey" means to cease doing whatever it is you're doing completely, all at once, without gradually "tapering down" and/or without assistance
2007-06-25 11:11:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋