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。
: h _5 h8 Z! c& W1 Xcough up (Slang)% r* ]' p6 m: [" J9 e9 l/ j
/ d$ o1 b/ C# B, m# Z9 q" r+ W
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession " [! z* Y& {! d2 S* L/ [" w
8 _# r( M6 G/ Peg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.; O% \% W/ U9 K& @9 J. m1 s( \