talk turkey

Example Sentences

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Here, Seattle-area chefs talk turkey, beverages and more before Thanksgiving.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

"I think Terry is facing his own mortality, and I think when people are reaching that point in their life, they cut through the pleasantries and talk turkey," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Still, sitting down with the producing-directing team of Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato behind the World of Wonder documentary to finally talk turkey, Chastain was met with two sets of raised eyebrows.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2021

More likely, "talk turkey" came from pleasant conversation at Thanksgiving dinner, or maybe negotiations between Native Americans and European colonists over the cost of poultry.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021

I'll do my best to get him interested in me, and you do your best to get him interested in the business; and then when the time is just right we can talk turkey.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert