cold turkey的词源

英文词源

cold turkey

"without preparation," 1910; narrower sense of "withdrawal from an addictive substance" (originally heroin) first recorded 1921. Cold turkey is a food that requires little preparation, so "to quit like cold turkey" is to do so suddenly and without preparation. Compare cold shoulder.

中文词源

cold turkey：冷火鸡疗法，突然戒毒法

比喻用语，冷火鸡类似于一种凉菜，加热就能吃，不需要过多准备，因此代指突然借毒法。

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