fresh out of

adjective

Having recently left one stage of life to begin another.

“You can hardly expect someone fresh out of basic training to be a superhero who can see around every corner.”

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Meanings

adjective
  1. idiomaticHaving recently left one stage of life to begin another.

    You can hardly expect someone fresh out of basic training to be a superhero who can see around every corner.

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    That boy was one of the new draft, fresh out of boot camp, and yet it was his duty to pass messages upon which the fate of a battle might depend.

    1955, C.S. Forester, The Good Shepherd, page 43

    Students fresh out of college have highly specialized skills in newer technologies.

    1998, Gordon W. Fuller, Getting the Most Out of Your Consultant, page 191

    2007, Armistead Maupin, Mad, Stark Mad at SmithsonianMagazine.com Fresh out of the South and a tour of duty in Vietnam, I was seriously conservative and frightened to death of almost everything...

  2. idiomaticHaving completely exhausted one's supply of (a commodity); especially, having just run out recently.

    Customer: I'd like a sesame bagel, please. Waiter: Sorry, hon, we're fresh out of sesame. How about sourdough?

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    They've tried nothing and they're fresh out of ideas. [sarcastic comment about someone's lack of problem-solving skills]

    So if it was help Michael wanted, well, whoops, he was fresh out of luck.

    2003, James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland, page 208

    ...Judy the receptionist had looked at me like I was a mental case trick-or-treater and she was fresh out of candy.

    2004, Al Sorci, Fishing the Muse, page 167

    Fear fun, fear love / Fresh out of fucks forever

    2018, Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, “Venice Bitch”, in Norman Fucking Rockwell!, performed by Lana Del Rey

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