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
Armida	-	Italian, Spanish
Abe	[eib]
VĂN	-	Vietnamese
Norene	[nɔ:'ri:n]
Kaisa	KIE-sah (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Ninon	-	French