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:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Vulcan		VUL-kən (English)	Roman Mythology
PŘEmysl		-	Czech
Riitta		REE:T-tah	Finnish
Mikhaila		mə-KAY-lə	English (Rare)
Rainbow		RAYN-bo	English (Rare)
Javed		-	Persian, Urdu

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