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go cold turkey |
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go cold turkey to suddenly and completely stop doing something, esp. a bad habit. Finally she went cold turkey on a 23-year smoking habit and hasn't smoked since. Usage notes: also used in the form quit cold turkey with the same meaning: The big organizations suddenly quit cold turkey, leaving the work to volunteers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the interim between mid-November and February, online productions such as ``The Lost Experience,'' which ran through the summer, will be available for fans who can't go cold turkey. Joe ends up taking Candy to his parents' country cottage to help her go cold turkey, but Iggy kidnaps Joe's sister. On the verge of having to go cold turkey, Ray envisions his long dead mother reaffirming her love for him but also reproving him for having become what she always warned him not to be: a cripple, an emotional cripple leaning on heroin. |
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