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- give the shirt off one's back
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Lorna | | ['lɔ:nə] | |
Antinanco | | an-tee-NAWN-ko | Native American, Mapuche |
Aviram | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
Loki | | LO-kee | Norse Mythology |
Alishia | | ə-LISH-ə, ə-LEE-shə | English (Rare) |
Bernard | | ['bə:nəd] | |