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
GuifrÉ	-	Catalan
Lawson	['lɔ:sn]
Inez	-	English
&Thorn;ÓRnÝ	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Zane (1)	ZAYN	English
Karcsi	-	Hungarian