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。
6 X- v7 L3 G7 D( ? B# K0 _cough up (Slang)6 m# O' K5 t/ j; g
- ~# i- |# e7 d+ oto blurt out; state, as by way of making a confession 3 F' b" f1 K7 B( u4 E; A
: }2 L/ C+ }: Q" b+ H* C% Y4 C/ Deg. After several hours of vigorous questioning by the police, he finally coughed up the information. 2 B' Y; J" A/ L) i6 ~( G