"cough your head off" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 咳個不停
• 咳嗽得厲害

Definition

形容不停地大聲咳嗽，通常是因為生病或嗆到。這是一種較誇張、口語化的說法。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是誇張和幽默的口語說法，並非真的咳斷頭。常用於“I was”等句型，不宜用於正式場合或醫療語境。

Examples

Last night I coughed my head off because of the cold.

昨晚因為感冒，我**咳個不停**。

He started to cough his head off after eating spicy food.

他喫了辣的食物後**咳嗽得厲害**。

When I'm sick, I always cough my head off at night.

我生病時，晚上總是**咳個不停**。

I was coughing my head off during the movie, it was so embarrassing!

看電影時我**咳嗽得厲害**，超級尷尬！

You sound terrible—you've been coughing your head off all morning.

你聽起來很糟——整個早上都在**咳個不停**。

Everyone was trying not to laugh because I started to cough my head off in the middle of the meeting.

大家都忍住沒笑，因為我會議中途**咳個不停**。