the shirt off back

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   anything that sb has, including the things they really need themselves, that sb else takes from them or they are willing to give

   Rosie'd give the shirt off her back to anybody.

   You know me. Shirt off my back.

In the movies · 3

• You know me. Shirt off my back.His Girl Friday1940
• I need the shirt off your back. Literally.The Proposal2009
• Rosie'd give the shirt off her back to anybody.Lifeboat1944
• They win the shirts off our backs and now they want to give them back.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• I mean, shirt right off your back, ain't it?Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein1948
• Gideon, if things go well they'll have to buy their own shirts back off us this time next week.Local Hero1983

Learn it in full scenes

• His Girl Friday1940
  • Hildy Tells Walter She's Remarrying
  • Hildy Quits the Post
  • Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin
• The Proposal2009
  • Margaret Fires Bob
  • Margaret Announces a Fake Engagement
  • Margaret Fakes a Marriage Interview
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner

From the same entry

• keep your shirt on
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