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? - X0 b( t5 x' d9 R# h - X7 \; U; a4 P2 m: Vcough up (Slang) - C5 o; \5 N9 Y: q- y; d/ Y 6 O# _9 g6 F" U* A4 ]to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession ) P/ ^0 F2 \# R+ t: u2 @8 L. ?% E- V
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.* ?2 L6 q( T+ I6 k# X8 O