This week Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving.

It 's always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of each November.

For some, it's a religious holiday.

For most, it's a family holiday.

For everyone, it's a day of giving thanks.

We like to celebrate by eating roasted turkey.

So let me share some related expressions.

Now, the turkeys you saw in that clip were wild turkeys.

They came into my backyard the other day.

I'm sure that wild turkeys don't look very appetizing, but the turkeys you find in supermarkets do.

As I said, on Thanksgiving day in every household you're sure to find a roasted turkey on the table.

In fact, you 'll find all kinds of food on the table on Thanksgiving day.

We have roasted turkey with cranberry sauce or gravy, corn, green beans, mashed potatoes, squash,

corn bread, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and probably a few other foods I 'm forgetting right now.

You can imagine that if you eat, even just a little bit of all of these foods, it's enough to make your stomach feel very full.

So the first expression I want to share with you is " to be stuffed."

It means you eat so much that you cannot possibly eat any more.

It's an informal expression.

So if friends or family members offer you more to eat and you're full, you can say to them, " Thanks, but I'm stuffed."

The next expression I want to share with you is " to go cold turkey."

It means to stop a bad habit suddenly and completely.

We mostly use this expression connected to drugs.

So if someone suddenly stops taking drugs, they suddenly stop smoking or drinking, we say, " They go cold turkey."

The last expression I want you to know is " to talk turkey."

This means to talk simply and directly.

Now, people like politicians or businessmen sometimes have reason

to talk carefully or secretively, and not talk about the main issue right away.

So if somebody suggests, " Let's talk turkey," it means they want to address the most important things.

They want to get to the point.

Okay, so let's review those expressions.

What's the expression " to eat so much food that you cannot eat any more "?

Be stuffed.

What's the expression " to suddenly stop a bad habit, especially a habit of taking some kind of drug "?

Go cold turkey.

What's the expression " to talk simply and directly about something, especially a problem that needs to be solved "?

Talk turkey.