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? 2 f0 ?2 ~' t! C( a! K$ ?5 i i I+ N( |$ _" p5 Z y$ D
cough up (Slang) % g" |& |' }: `+ V ! U2 E- e0 ?- N3 rto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 5 o& m' p2 o5 {' t* }) I2 G2 X+ J0 _6 h9 |' \* N# n$ N
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.& o' ^/ @* x/ {+ U4 u6 z