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It is thought that the expression "cough up chicken" refers to the mucus globules that usually come up during illness, especially when the person has a coughing fit. It is thought that they resemble chicken soup.
sputum is not what you cough up people cough up mucus
it has been shown to originate in southern america...supposedly it came about when the black slaves wanted to spice up the chicken so they added spices to the chicken and fried it...
It's just a funny thing to say when helping someone to get to their feet. I can't find the etymology of the phrase. I suspect it's just a dialect way of saying "up you get" or "up you come."
A nonproductive cough is a cough that does not bring up phlegm or mucus. It is also called a dry cough, and tends to irritate the throat much more than a productive cough (a cough that brings up phlegm and/or mucus) does.
>>>Allergy Drink WARM milk, then cough & cough 'til you choke something up.>>>Sickness Get some thick cough medicine, eat HOT chicken noodle soup, coughing helps too, if that doesn't work, go see a local doctor, you might just have a sore throat infection.
Symptoms of the common cold include a cough and a runny nose.He tried not to cough during his speech.If you cough up blood, call the doctor immediately.I knew she stole it so I demanded that she cough up the money.
The ancient pig leaders came up with a big idea about lipstick 8===D
It means you have a sinus infection. Just make sure you cough it all up, and dont swallow it or it will not go away as fast as it will if you cough it up and spit it out.
A person with emphysema would cough up to about 2 cups of phlegm per day. That would mean in 8 days, they would cough up a gallon of phlegm. Drink up!
i dont know what you mean by *cough* but i assume you need a tune up, bad.
Mucus pills work by breaking up the mucus and when it is broken loose you cough it up.