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。
( N* a. X4 e8 P2 ncough up (Slang) ' Z& |8 R* A' \: P0 P' v8 Q/ N' v, ~: f. i* Y' }) Z7 A' l
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession * l5 x" v4 W1 C" f6 a7 G$ E # y6 H. G5 g# X [2 Leg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.) X& z0 ]5 V3 W- e0 Z