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
Dolph	DAHLF	English
Burkhard	BOORK-hahrt (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Deepa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil
Rosalva	-	Spanish
Curry	['kə:ri]
Solly	-	Jewish