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。
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cough up (Slang) " v# t3 t8 Q4 u! w( |. C# ]( k" Y+ r4 b$ E3 R+ R( e' N" s
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 1 H. n4 M( H. M$ n: g8 @7 |
0 \# j5 @4 f% reg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. * m7 p# \5 ^" L0 I( ^& r7 f! Y9 v