the shirt off back



the shirt off (one's) back

Slang
The maximum one is able to give or lose: The only thing those swindlers didn't take was the shirt off my back.
See also: back, off, shirt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rumbidzai-Southern African, Shona
Jan (3)-Medieval English
Evgeniayev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Sultana-Arabic
GailGAYLEnglish
Shifra-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew