Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

they aren’t going to be things you can quit cold turkey

Portuguese translation:

não são coisas que você pode ignorar de uma hora para outra

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2019-07-27 18:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jul 24, 2019 18:20
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English term

they aren’t going to be things you can quit cold turkey

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Alguém saberia dizer o significado da expressão: they aren’t going to be things you can quit cold turkey.

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Learn to Wean Yourself Off Your Favorite Time Wasters

When you have time wasters in your life to side track yourself, they aren’t going to be things you can quit cold turkey. Instead, you need to start focusing less on them to ensure that you get more work done in the day. For example, if you check social media every half hour, cut it down to an hour, then every few hours until you can go 8 hours without it.


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Jul 24, 2019 18:21: Matheus Chaud changed "Term asked" from "When you have time wasters in your life to side track yourself, they aren’t goin" to "they aren’t going to be things you can quit cold turkey"

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não são coisas que você pode ignorar de uma hora para outra

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agree Daniela Cestarollo
8 mins
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agree Paulinho Fonseca
3 hrs
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agree Maria da Glória Teixeira
1 day 7 hrs
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agree ulissescarvalho
3 days 15 hrs
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English term (edited): they aren’t going to be things you can quit cold turkey

não são coisas que você pode largar/abandonar/deixar de lado de uma vez

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não são hábitos que você pode abandonar abruptamente

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agree Eduardo Ramos
4 hrs
Muito obrigada, Eduardo!
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não são coisas que você pode abandonar assim, de repente

quit something cold turkey: abandonar uma coisa assim, de repente
https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-portuguese/quit cold ...

Dependendo do contexto, também pode ser "desistir" em vez de "abandonar".
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