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?1 O/ V, |8 [% ~. M# C6 E# g+ \
J: A! y. q9 d( P
cough up (Slang) " Y" ^0 M& V4 J: p : a$ O' T( T# s; X5 nto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession ; L1 Q" d$ h/ h7 C! ?) F- j! J0 \% c) S$ M
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. - P) T& K P2 x4 G! o. T% m