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
Ephrath-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Ioudith-Biblical Greek
MarlonMAHR-lənEnglish
JenniferJEN-i-fər (English)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish
Bodil-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
KerİM-Turkish