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
Essence	ES-ənts	English (Modern)
Jake	[dʒeik]
Fatimah	fah-TIM-ah (Arabic)	Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Isma'il	-	Arabic
Hajna	HAWY-naw	Hungarian
PÀL	-	Scottish