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? ; D7 d: ^0 o( [2 e 5 C3 h9 ]5 {% O2 Y6 _" Icough up (Slang) c; ^" m* R& t1 y! V* A4 p 8 G6 U. Y9 R7 h- P; M) T0 e0 f- Q8 Tto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession / P x$ K% w m
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.( B* ?1 n$ M& `3 X