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? 3 k6 c9 B3 L2 H' `4 _# u( W 5 L4 N6 t. Z; f' k- |" O" Bcough up (Slang) # g$ z4 n3 G+ Q6 _7 |* V' d) j8 P X' |8 i, h" U
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. ! `7 b* W b V* p) b, X4 t