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。
V$ b3 M" Z$ a/ A, dcough up (Slang) a- D# U) {' P" Z2 J% v
+ y0 B2 A9 E ^" qto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession " G& ?4 P3 h' p* B# L9 k
8 i) u/ K& c" H+ J) x( Beg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information., W7 w' k( }% M ^; c- g5 s