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- the shirt off back
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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Benedictus | | bay-nə-DIK-tus (Dutch) | Late Roman, Dutch |
Cristal | | ['kristl] | |
Azure | | A-zhər | English (Rare) |
Iephthae | | - | Biblical Greek |
Coen | | KOON | Dutch |
Jadon | | JAH-dən (English), JAY-dən (English) | Biblical |