the shirt off your back

the shirt off (one's) back

Anything or everything one owns or has to offer. Those contractors will take the shirt off your back if you hire them. I mean, I paid them an exorbitant amount of money, and look at the shoddy work they did! I'm not surprised that Tammy loaned you money—she would give you the shirt off her back if you needed it.

See also: back, off, shirt

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the shirt off your back

People talk about the shirt off your back to emphasize that they mean everything you own. I know you'd be ready to give the shirt off your back for a worthy cause. That woman'll have the shirt off your back.

See also: back, off, shirt

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

the shirt off your back

your last remaining possessions as offered to another person.

See also: back, off, shirt

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