cough head off
cough (one's) head off
To cough intensely, as from an illness. Natalie has still been coughing her head off, so I don't think the antibiotic you gave her has helped.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
See also: cough, head, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- cough
- cough (one's) head off
- cough something up
- cough up
- cough out
- sound off
- sound off (about something)
- sound off about something
- cure (someone or something) of (something)
- cure of