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
Odharnait	-	Irish
Kresten	-	Danish
Servaas	-	Dutch
Marita (1)	mah-REE-tah (German), MAH-ree-tah (Finnish)	German, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish
ÓEngus	-	Ancient Irish, Irish Mythology
Carmen	KAHR-men (Spanish), KAHR-mən (English)	Spanish, English, Italian, Romanian