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? ! ~$ r* f G3 w6 R! k4 x & v# @4 Z' I2 H& g& Fcough up (Slang)2 i) d% x' V9 ^) @ w' x- h
7 U! K) [! p; ]1 S& q; X- F6 J; dto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession B$ L" ~+ F. p U9 @: Z) U. ]; N8 K" ^& {6 t& P4 y/ F
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information., T! s. a. Z A2 s9 [" h" h6 U