lose one's shirt

lose one's shirt
1) выйти из себя, рассердиться, вспылить

I don't think it's anything to lose your shirt about. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Green Years’, book II, ch. 10) — Право же, не стоит из-за этого сердиться.

2) потерять всё до нитки, разориться; ≈ вылететь в трубу

The late Arnold Stone... said he had lost his shirt on Shakespeare... (J. O'Hara, ‘The Horse Knows the Way’, ‘Arnold Stone’) — Покойный Арнольд Стоун... разорился дотла, финансируя постановки пьес Шекспира...

The kid has his wits about him but he's just a kid. At his age, I saw my father lose his shirt in the crash, and from then on, until I landed the job at Coulter, it was always touch-and-go. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book I, ch. I) — Малый не глуп, ничего не скажешь. Но он еще мальчишка. Когда я был в его возрасте, мой отец потерял все до нитки во время кризиса и, пока я не получил место в колледже, мне приходилось очень туго.

‘So the next night he went back to the Tables and lost everything,’ I said. She nodded. ‘He lost his shirt and cashed a check.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘Pass the Gravy’, ch. 12) — - Вечером следующего дня Том опять отправился играть и на этот раз проиграл все, - сказал я. Эдита утвердительно качнула головой. - Он проигрался в пух и прах, и ему пришлось расплачиваться чеком.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • lose one's shirt — {v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all or most of your money. * /Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he lost his shirt./ * /Mr. Matthews lost his shirt betting on the horses./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose one's shirt — {v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all or most of your money. * /Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he lost his shirt./ * /Mr. Matthews lost his shirt betting on the horses./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose one's shirt — To lose all one has • • • Main Entry: ↑shirt * * * informal lose all one s possessions …   Useful english dictionary

  • lose one's shirt — ► lose one s shirt informal lose all one s possessions. Main Entry: ↑shirt …   English terms dictionary

  • lose one's shirt — inf idi lose one s shirt, Informal. to suffer a severe financial reverse …   From formal English to slang

  • lose one’s shirt — tv. to go broke; to lose everything of value, even one’s shirt. □ I lost my shirt on that bank deal. □ Try not to lose your shirt in the market again …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • lose one's shirt — lose a lot of money I think he is going to lose his shirt on that new business venture …   Idioms and examples

  • lose one's shirt — lose all that one owns …   English contemporary dictionary

  • lose one’s shirt (to) —  Lose a significant amount of money.  ► “U.S. investors did venture abroad from time to time. But they often lost their shirts especially in the Latin American and Weimar Republic bond defaults of the 1930s.” (Wall Street Journal, May 28, 1996, p …   American business jargon

  • lose\ one's\ shirt — v. phr. slang To lose all or most of your money. Uncle Joe spent his life savings to buy a store, but it failed, and he lost his shirt. Mr. Matthews lost his shirt betting on the horses …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lose one's shirt — verb To lose all of ones money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster. Since nearly losing his shirt in a business deal a few years back, he investigates new opportunities more cautiously …   Wiktionary


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