cough head off

cough one's head off

Fig. to cough long and hard. (See also laugh one's head off.) I had the flu. I nearly coughed my head off for two days.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thulile	-	Southern African, Zulu
Nila	-	Tamil, Indian, Hindi
HorÁCio	-	Portuguese
Taalay	-	Kyrgyz
Jubal	JOO-bəl (English)	Biblical
Balzac	['bælzæk]