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? * ]' k- D/ B$ U' O3 W2 ^! ?2 G! m " L0 N2 E; x6 @6 g7 Scough up (Slang) V# ^" S% s4 Y& M+ t. D; s" \; |7 c7 P
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. + K( l, D8 n% T! ~