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 Q+ O4 p U# I% F: } j W; ~* p & [2 d3 z" [1 x) j! u; x9 L9 w$ Xcough up (Slang) / I, ^4 D7 a# E8 Q0 L2 l& j. Z : b7 G; h) i$ p O7 R9 pto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession / Q1 D# i2 c6 c4 s5 t
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eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. # x/ M/ _8 O" }' L% A5 u