give the shirt off one's back

Give anything and everything one possesses. For example, Tom is truly generous-he'll give you the shirt off his back. This hyperbolic idiom was first recorded in 1771.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Honorata	haw-naw-RAH-tah (Polish)	Late Roman, Polish
Sharise	-	English (Rare)
Truman	TROO-mən	English
ClÁUdio	-	Portuguese
Auberon	O-bər-ahn	English (Rare)
Sean	[ʃɔ:n]