have the shirt off (one's) back
have the shirt off (one's) back
To unscrupulously take large quantities of money from one and cause one hardship. Those contractors will have the shirt off your back if you hire them. I mean, I paid them an exorbitant amount for shoddy work.
See also: back, have, off, shirt
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- drive (one) out of office
- force (one) out of office
- force out of office
- give (one) (one's) head
- give head
- give somebody their head
- give someone their head
- cooking for one
- 1FTR
- as one door closes, another one opens