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idiomshirt► a hair shirtkeep your shirt on(also keep your pants on AmE)(or keep your hair on BrE)spoken used in order to tell someone to be calm and patient and not get angry or upset:"Hurry up, Jess, or we'll be late." "Keep your shirt on - we have plenty of time.""When do you start helping me to get rich and famous in the newspaper business?" "Okay, okay keep your pants on."Keep your hair on, I only borrowed your pen for a moment.lose your shirtto lose a lot of money, especially because of making a bad decision in business:Profits aren't good, but I'll be happy if I can just stay in business for the next few years without losing my shirt.Lockheed stopped manufacturing commercial aircraft after it lost its shirt in 1981 with the Tristar.take/have the shirt off sb's backused when you disapprove because someone has taken or wants to take all of someone else's money:We took them to court, but we lost and they took the shirt off our back.If you sign any kind of agreement with Davis and Lee, they'll have the shirt off your back before they've finished with you.sb would give you the shirt off his/her backused in order to say that someone is very generous and helpful:I've known Robert for years - he's the kind of man who'd give you the shirt off his back.The villagers don't own much, but they'd give you the shirt off their back if they thought you were in trouble.
See:- a hair shirt
- a stuffed shirt
- Been there, done that got the T-shirt
- been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- bet (one's) shirt on (something)
- eat (one's) shirt
- get (one's) shirt out
- give (someone) the shirt off (one's) back
- give the shirt off back
- give the shirt off one's back
- give the shirt off one's back, to
- hair shirt
- have the shirt off (one's) back
- keep (one's) shirt on
- keep one's shirt on
- Keep shirt on
- keep your shirt on
- Keep your shirt on!
- lose (one's) shirt
- lose one’s shirt
- lose one's shirt
- lose one's shirt, to
- lose shirt
- lose your shirt
- put (one's) shirt on (something)
- put your shirt on
- put your shirt on something
- shirt of Nessus
- shirts and skins
- stuffed shirt
- stuffed shirt, a
- take the shirt off (one's) back
- the shirt of Nessus
- the shirt off (one's) back
- the shirt off back
- the shirt off somebody's back
- the shirt off your back
- wave the bloody shirt
- would give (someone) the shirt off (one's) back
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