认识一个当地人,由于好久不见了,于是发短信问她的近况,并说了自己的近况,还说等天气好点一起见面聊聊之类的。她给我回复说“Sounds like we have a lot of coughing up to do. " 我大概能猜出来是说“我们到时可以好好聊聊说说之类的。”但又不确定,查字典coughing up 一般都是“咳嗽,勉强拿出” 的意思。请英语高手为我解答,什么叫coughing up to do. 非常感谢。
吐槽? + @4 d5 n+ z/ x5 e/ E& Q & d+ X H0 x0 bcough up (Slang) ( Y3 B# C1 B, r2 [ S+ q: \9 x3 y- c0 m ]- d& ~1 r
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession . \$ ~- U, ^+ e
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.3 ]0 w2 D+ X' R1 \+ {% T