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? * F/ i+ t& }+ S- ~9 W 4 |7 |8 o2 ]2 t: y; C; ~cough up (Slang)& E4 f' K; u; a( {- o
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to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession ; O3 m( T1 h; B$ ]" t. J$ {( O# u9 u" ~ j0 G
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. M; Q: X; R4 J: c3 Y1 c