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? + s& K1 [+ Q( `8 u+ x2 K4 k * K4 m8 f b! v0 F6 D2 A1 |cough up (Slang) 3 z' e2 g4 r2 }& M$ I ^! \5 U; f' b- O" A# `+ ^+ `
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession & _5 C4 B+ s* p
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.' z# @7 X+ l, j B0 ?( ] ]