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? 8 F: B& a9 s* T% p) q 4 Z4 K5 L: { C# c0 |cough up (Slang), y/ s# V1 O g9 ^% Y
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to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession A# a2 ]0 y/ h: e8 P& [) s6 W& l& |" Q. W0 K0 r
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. & Z/ S) Q3 R; ~) q! R