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。
: z# v) H: O! j) K! W$ Rcough up (Slang) 9 y K+ X5 D P0 Z# Y ! y1 [6 t7 a4 j" Y- d" Bto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession I5 _3 R- s/ P" \5 b4 a2 w! {% l+ I) ?1 x8 o8 m' w; M8 \! \
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.' H4 {! j4 q0 w5 r! _