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? * {. I' y0 W" o8 X ) U R' L; y8 k. a4 a6 ]cough up (Slang)6 F, A+ x" R8 Q. h2 D- H
3 ~5 @( B/ a* Vto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession * b; ]0 n% X( X, j" \/ O
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information." o1 U/ f4 [' w8 `7 L0 X