Home › Idioms

talk turkey

Meaning: To talk seriously, usually about a business deal.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Animals

More idioms — Animals

  • white elephant — An item that no one wants to buy or that is difficult to get rid of; a costly but useless…
  • wild-goose chase — A useless or difficult search.
  • wolf in sheep's clothing — Someone who presents himself as a harmless person, but who has intentions that are not ho…
  • Ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard — It's nothing special or impressive.
  • Avoir le cafard — To feel depressed or down.
  • Poser un lapin — To stand someone up on a date.

More English idioms

  • apple of one's eye — A person or thing that is precious or loved above all else.
  • big cheese — An important, powerful or influential person.
  • bite the dust — To be destroyed or ruined beyond repair; slang for "to die".
  • bitter pill to swallow — A difficult or unpleasant reality to deal with.
  • black tie — Formal dress in which men wear black bow ties and dinner jackets or tuxedos and women wea…
  • chew someone out — To scold someone harshly.

← Back to Idioms

Loading the full interactive collection…