fresh out of vs out of
1. one of the simpsons characters screamed 'We're out of coffee' and ran out of the building.
2. simon, one of the main characters in the cartoon called 'the lion king' said 'We're fresh out of zebras'.

based on these sentences i'm not really sure what is the difference between 'fresh out of' and just 'out of'.

thx a bunch.

Question

fresh out of vs out of
1. one of the simpsons characters screamed 'We're out of coffee' and ran out of the building.
2. simon, one of the main characters in the cartoon called 'the lion king' said 'We're fresh out of zebras'.

based on these sentences i'm not really sure what is the difference between 'fresh out of' and just 'out of'.

thx a bunch.

Answer

There really is no difference.  Saying fresh just suggests that it recently happened, but really it is more of a saying than anything else.

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