out of, be
be out of (something)
To no longer have a supply of something. Would you mind going to the store? We're out of milk. How can you be out of eggs? You're a diner that specializes in all-day breakfast!
See also: of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
out of, be
Be lacking, as in We're out of sugar and coffee. Shakespeare used this idiom in Henry V (3:7): "These English are ... out of beef." [Late 1500s] Also see run out of.
See also: out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- be out of (something)
- milk it/something dry, to
- and this and that
- Eat at Joe's
- there
- hardboiled
- hard-boiled
- and what not
- and whatnot
- take it or leave it