"cough your head off" in Chinese (Simplified)

咳个不停咳嗽得厉害

Definition

形容不停地大声咳嗽，通常是因为生病或呛到。这是较为夸张、口语化的说法。

属于口语夸张表达，不是真的咳出了头。常与“I was”一起用，避免在正式场合或医学语境使用。

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

昨晚因为感冒，我**咳个不停**。

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

他吃了辣的食物后**咳嗽得厉害**。

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

我生病时，晚上总是**咳个不停**。

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

看电影时我**咳嗽得厉害**，真尴尬！

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

你听起来好糟糕——整个早上都在**咳个不停**。

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

大家都忍着没笑，因为我在会议中间**咳个不停**。