have the shirt off back

have/take the shirt off somebody's back

to take so much of someone's money, for instance as a payment or punishment, that it is not fair and may cause them difficulties Watch out for those landlords - they'll have the shirt off your back.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Werther	-	German
Ozihel	-	Biblical Latin
Iwan	EE-wan (Welsh), EE-vahn (Polish)	Welsh, Polish
Kagiso	-	Southern African, Tswana
Albano	ahl-BAH-no	Italian
Charlotte	shar-LOT (French), SHAHR-lət (English), shahr-LAW-tə (German), shah-LOT (Swedish), shahr-LAWT-tə (Dutch)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch