give someone the shirt off one's back
Meaning: To give (figuratively) someone all one's possessions; to be very generous.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: The expression suggests that one would give someone all one's money and possessions down even to the shirt one is wearing.
More idioms — Body & Senses
- gray matter — Brain tissue and, by extension, intelligence.
- green around the gills — Sick to one's stomach; nauseated.
- green thumb — Natural ability to grow plants.
- hand in glove — Close or intimate.
- hand over fist — Extremely quickly.
- hand to mouth — To live in poor conditions from day to day; to be impoverished.
More English idioms
- head and shoulders above — At a much higher level.
- have one's head in the clouds — To be impractical or absent-minded; to be unaware of what is going on around one.
- head over heels in love — Very much in love; uncontrollably in love.
- heart to heart — Serious and intimate.
- hit the nail on the head — To come to the right conclusion.
- not hold one's breath — To not wait for something to happen because it probably won't happen soon, if at all.
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