很喜欢看古装小说，那种为朋友两肋插刀的英雄豪杰是多么令人佩服，英语中也有类似的表达哦!那就是give someone the shirt off one's back。

　　片语give someone the shirt off one's back意思是为某人竭尽所能(的帮助某人)。你看，把自己的衬衫都给了别人，衣服都脱完，背都露出来了，是不是算已竭尽所能了？如：

　　Gord is a kind and generous man. He'd like to give people the shirt off his back. Once a co-worker got really sick. Gord gave a lot of money to him.

　　(译文：Gord是个心地善良且慷慨的人，他会竭尽所能的帮助别人的。他的一个同事曾经病得很重，他就给了许多钱给那个同事)

　　A true friend is someone who'll give you the shirt off his back when you are in serious trouble.

　　(译文：一个真正的朋友就是会在你最困难的时候竭尽所能的帮助你)

　　所谓患难真情(a friend in need is a friend indeed)，真正的朋友只有在你需要的时候就才看得出来，有时朋友还会为你而赔上一切呢，现在让我们就来学习第二个片语吧，请问“赔上一切，破产”该怎么说？

　　先看一个例句：

　　Tim got a great success in his business and earned more money. But money burned a hole in his pocket. Not long ago, he began gambling at card games and MaJiang games. Now he has lost his shirt.

　　(译文：Tim在生意上取得了很大的成功，但钱在口袋里留不住，不久前他开始赌扑克牌和麻将，现在已经分文不剩了。)

　　对了，lose one's shirt means to lose all his money and property for some reasons.让我们再发挥一下我们的想象力吧![let something(our imagination) run wild,这个片语以前讲过哦!这里复习一下]，如果一个人连shirt都没有(lose)了,你说他穷不穷呢!多半是赔了一切，或破产了嘛!

　　(你还记得burn a hole in one's pocket是什么意思吗？在前面几讲我们介绍过的，对了是钱在口袋里留不住的意思哦，这里再复习一下。)

　　Bart was sentenced to five years in jail for accounting cheats. And he has lost his shirt now. He is deeply repentant of it.

　　(译文：Bart因财务欺诈而被判入狱五年，一切都完了，他非常后悔。)

　　人都会犯错误的，关键是要知过悔改，这不，Bart入狱后，他的父母并没有放弃对他的关心，鼓励他重新做人，他也决定奋发图强，出狱后，勒紧腰带重新创业。在下一讲里我们就要介绍“奋发图强”和“勒紧腰带”怎么说哦!See you.

　　(本栏目是由世博英语(360abc.com)lifubingg原创编写，取材新颖，所讲习语全部选自最流行最时尚的美语.世博英语保留一切权利！未经书面授权，请勿转载！)