в одной рубашке

• В ОДНОЙ РУБАШКЕ <БЕЗ РУБАШКИ> остаться, оставить кого obsoles, coll

[PrepP, these forms only; subj-compl with остаться (subj: human) orobj-compl with оставить (obj: human)]

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⇒ (to be brought or bring s.o. to) a state of financial ruin, (to reduce s.o. or be reduced to) poverty:

- X оставил Y-а в одной рубашке{{}}≈ X left Y with nothing but the shirt on Y's back;

- X took Y to the cleaners;

|| X остался в одной рубашке{{}}≈ X was left with nothing but the shirt on his back;

- X lost his shirt;

- X got taken to the cleaners.

     ♦ Эти шулера обыграли его дочиста, в одной рубашке оставили. Those card sharks cleaned him out, left him with nothing but the shirt on his back.