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- n$ c7 u$ V |* b$ q0 ] % \- j. G% D) D$ I4 ycough up (Slang)3 `, l& i8 u: @0 x" R; h5 k+ V2 e8 o
1 J( T8 c& t/ _1 Jto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 6 l! b8 Z$ o5 f. S* K% H& O+ U/ t; z4 c( r c* T7 U/ i" h3 D
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.1 J2 S( y) P4 R5 \; i4 S6 x& M7 c