lose one's shirt

Face financial ruin, go bankrupt, as in He lost his shirt in the last recession. This expression implies one has lost even one's shirt. [Early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Albin	AHL-been (Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, French, English, Slovene
Kortney	KORT-nee	English (Modern)
Doyle	-	Irish
Gerolf	-	Dutch
LudvÍK	-	Czech
Apps	[æps]