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。
+ q/ @" J% A5 P% R2 \; S+ Icough up (Slang) , {) r( [5 m1 M7 E3 V0 ~* \) c5 y+ ?7 m$ M0 C2 b1 H- p
to blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession K/ ~; E8 o9 A# S8 {& }+ N2 x$ {3 A. \" m& S0 a
eg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information.8 E1 \. i. E% Z) U