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the shirt off back

the shirt off (one's) back

Slang
The maximum one is able to give or lose: The only thing those swindlers didn't take was the shirt off my back.
See also: back, off, shirt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Porfirio-Italian, Spanish
Lolicia-English (Rare)
Shamsuddin-Arabic
Dorina (1)do-REE-nahRomanian
SilkeZIL-kə (German)German, Dutch
JuhÁN-Sami
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