GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK

Meaning of GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK in English

give you anything he owns to help you, bend over backwards

Christian is a compassionate person. He will give you the shirt off his back.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIRT — I. ˈshər]t, ˈshə̄], ˈshəi], usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shirte, sherte, from Old English scyrte; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIS — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, gen. of hē he — more at he obsolete possessive of he I …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; or nonstandard give ˈgiv ; or dialect gin ˈgin ; or guv ˈgəv …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIRT — (v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Английский словарь Webster
SHIRT — ( v. t. & i. ) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIRT — — shirtless , adj. /sherrt/ , n. 1. a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — — givable, giveable , adj. , n. — givee , n. — giver , n. /giv/ , v. , gave, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; giv·en ˈgi-vən ; giv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIRT — noun Etymology: Middle English shirte, from Old English scyrte; akin to Old Norse skyrta shirt, Old English scort short Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
GIVE — vi to have a misgiving. 2. give ·vi to become soft or moist. 3. give ·vi to give a gift …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
SHIRT — [shirt] n [ME shirte, fr. OE scyrte; akin to ON skyrta shirt, OE scort short] (bef. 12c) 1: a garment …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIVE — [give] vb gave ; giv.en ; giv.ing [ME, of Scand origin; akin to OSw giva to give; akin to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHIRT — any of a variety of cloth garments having sleeves and worn on the upper part of the body, often under …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHIRT — / ʃɜːt; NAmE ʃɜːrt/ noun a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIVE — / gɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( gave / geɪv; NAmE / given / ˈgɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIRT — shirt S2 W3 /ʃɜːt $ ʃɜːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scyrte ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHIRT — n. 1 a man's upper-body garment of cotton etc., having a collar, sleeves, and esp. buttons down the front, and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHIRT — n. 1 a man's upper-body garment of cotton etc., having a collar, sleeves, and esp. buttons down the front, and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIVE — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHIRT — n.1 a man's upper-body garment of cotton etc., having a collar, sleeves, and esp. buttons down the front, and often …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1. tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIRT — ( shirts) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A shirt is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIRT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clean shirt/sheet/towel etc ▪ Where are all my clean socks? a cotton shirt/dress/jacket etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES betray his presence ▪ The slightest sound might betray his presence . craned his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIRT — [noun] [C] - a piece of clothing worn esp. by men on the upper part of the body, made of …
Cambridge English vocab
SHIRT — Synonyms and related words : O, basque, blouse, bodice, body shirt, body suit, coat shirt, corsage, dickey, doublet, dress shirt, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, abandon, abstain from, accommodate, accord, act, adaptability, administer, afford, agreeability, aid, air, alien, alienate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHIRT — See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK, KEEP ONE'S SHIRT ON, LOSE ONE'S SHIRT.
Slang English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GIVE — n. give away give back give off give out give over give up self giving given name
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHIRT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean ▪ crisp , fresh ▪ He wears a crisp white ~ to the office every day. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GIVE — INDEX: 1. to give something to someone without expecting to be paid for it 2. to give something to everyone …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
GIVE — n. 25B6; verb he gave them £2000 : PRESENT WITH, provide with, supply with, furnish with, let someone have; hand …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — v. 1 present, deliver, pass (over), turn or hand over, confer, vouchsafe, provide, supply, furnish, bestow, donate, accord, afford, award, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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