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。
7 D9 F6 V$ u2 G. I/ Mcough up (Slang) ) ?6 c/ K _; \" T% R; ~+ x9 B1 A
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 3 s: D* T) I; u' P) v- h" ^* d$ P& ]
4 ]) A; S, r* @eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. / @9 q) W p6 G; R