(the) shirt off somebody's back

(the) shirt off somebody's back
the ˌshirt off sb's ˈback f8 idiom
anything that sb has, including the things they really need themselves, that sb else takes from them or they are willing to give

He was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back.

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