TALK TURKEY

{v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about something in a really businesslike way; talk with the aim of getting things done. * /Charles said, "Now, let's talk turkey about the bus trip. The fact is, it will cost each student 1.50."/ * /The father always spoke gently to his son, but when the son broke the windshield of the car, the father talked turkey to him./