fresh out of
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4.2
- idiom
- Informal
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recién salido de
- Like a kid fresh out of college going to his first accounting job.
- fresh out of school
- fresh out of college
- young economists fresh out of
Oh my God, look fresh out of surgery.
- Oh my God, look fresh out of surgery.
- I had young kids that came in fresh out of college who had this dream of space.
- I was just like fresh out of jail with a lot to say.
- But fresh out of London, she's still got an accent.
- I'm fresh out of Segways, but I'm fresh out of topics.
- And but bro, bro, I'm fresh out of drama school.
- Like a kid fresh out of college going to his first accounting job.
- But like, he was a very successful coach, like from the beginning, like fresh out of the military and college.
- And so I'm curious what what's it like checking in to Buds is, is a junior officer fresh out of the Academy?
- They're fresh out of the womb and then all of a sudden they get imprinted on.
- And we did it with this unbelievably great new technology fresh out of the labs or wherever it came from or a new chip, whatever it is.
- And you know, we're getting a fresh out of guys every other week that we're ready to go real quick.
Examples
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I was just like fresh out of jail with a lot to say.
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Mr. Chee, as I learn to call him, is fresh out of money.
Fiction book (2001) -
I had young kids that came in fresh out of college who had this dream of space.
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Dad, the guy's fresh out of law school.
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Doctor, the man is fresh out of prison.
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I was fresh out of school, and I really wanted to do good, critical pieces.
Academic text (1993) -
George, fresh out of prison, moves across the street to meet her.
Fiction book (2001) -
I came here some twenty years ago, fresh out of the army and the Vietnam War.
Fiction book (1994) -
I was fresh out of college, a young pup with more pimples than common sense.
Fiction book (1997) -
After graduating last month, I feel like a new employee fresh out of college, ready to start my career.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'fresh' = very recent and 'out of' = lacking/no longer having, so 'fresh out of' conveys having just become without something. This compositional pattern (recent + lack) is common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Fresh out of comes from two simple scenes: imagine a bakery that made bread fresh but then sold everything and is out of bread, or a person who is new and has just come out of school. So fresh out of means 'just finished' or 'now with none left'.