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。
: Y% r& W. G; o: L/ acough up (Slang) / G9 g& {, h- W x8 ^1 N- L$ H- o, [7 H- i, R8 G
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 6 ?4 U% Q8 z2 o0 ]7 H. B0 [- G
6 F) q7 o$ b; ]$ V# B0 ]2 teg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.) l( l; J- { y+ J6 W8 \' Z& P+ e+ f( r