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词汇 put your shirt on
释义
Idiom
put your shirt onput (your) shirt on (something)
British & Australian to risk all your money on something because you are sure you will win.
I put my shirt on the last race and lost everything.

put (one's) shirt on (something)

1. To bet or risk everything one has on something. Tech companies seem to be putting their shirts on virtual reality being the future of the industry. Anyone with a gambling addiction knows the feeling of putting your shirt on a hand of cards, feeling sure it will pay off big time, only to lose everything.
2. By extension, to be absolutely certain that something will happen. I would hope that the industry is moving towards a more customer-friendly position, but I wouldn't put my shirt on it.

put your shirt on

bet all you have on; be sure of. British informal
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