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。
- o1 {% E5 ], V3 ncough up (Slang)6 z2 I5 S( q0 N# i( y7 m- c6 s7 i
7 e" s1 e( f3 ?( n. M6 Eto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 6 H# P- F. _4 K3 w2 X1 P O, i6 d7 f0 k3 k+ S& q. l% K% H/ r
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. 3 h( Q; M2 L3 W# q