3. Lose One‘s Shirt = lose a great deal of money
连衬衫都输掉了，表示输了很多钱。
范例对话:
A: I happened to bump into Doug at lunch yesterday afternoon.
昨天中午我碰上道格了.
B: What‘s new with Doug these days?
他怎么样?
A: He wasn‘t doing so well. For one thing, he told me he lost his shirt at the races.
不太好.有件事,他告诉我马赛上输了很多钱.
B: Doug has always liked to bet on the horses. I‘m not surprised that he lost a great deal of money.
他喜欢赌马.说他输了大钱我一点都不奇怪.