lose one's shirt



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]
See also: lose, shirt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Het-Heru-Egyptian Mythology
Epiphanios-Ancient Greek
Fulvius-Ancient Roman
Miroslavmee-rah-SLAHF (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Nadinena-DEEN (French), nah-DEE-nə (German), nə-DEEN (English)French, German, English
Murad-Arabic, Urdu, Azerbaijani