give the shirt off one's back



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.
See also: back, give, off, shirt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kay (1)KAYEnglish
TahİRe-Turkish
JupiterJOO-pi-tər (English)Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Grizel-Scottish
Chestislav-Medieval Slavic
Crescentia-German, Late Roman