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November 2024

Go cold turkey

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„Go cold turkey“

 

MEANING
If someone goes cold turkey, they completely and suddenly stop taking a drug or other addictive substance.

TRANSLATION
Kalter Entzug.
wörtlich: «kalter Truthahn».

EXAMPLE
He went cold turkey on his drinking addiction two years ago and hasn't had a drink since.