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And even I think if you if you bought something really expensive, and, you know, not just an expensive latte, but like, let's say a really big TV, even then, if you regretted that decision, I don't, I don't think you would use lose your shirt.

I lost my shirt buying that TV.

I don't think you would use this expression.

in that situation.

I really think it's just for sort of financial decisions, like you said, in the stock market, or like gambling or something, or yeah, some sort of business venture.

It's less commonly used for something like a personal purchase or something like that.

So yeah, there's some restrictions to how we can use this idiom.

Not really.

To be honest, I'm having a terrible week.

You know that crypto coin I told you about?

The one I put my savings into?

crashed it completely tanked i basically lost my shirt on that deal i should have just kept my money in the bank i don't know what i was thinking

When something tanks like an investment or a company's profits, that means that it goes down incredibly fast.

It describes really rapid decline.

So when this person's investment, when she says it tanked, that means she pretty much lost all her money.

The investment was not a good idea and it did very poorly on the market and it was a disaster.

So this is a great option for when you really want to emphasize that a stock price or a company's profits, some number goes down really rapidly.

You can say that it tanks, it tanked.

So how was the trip to Vegas?

Did you have a good time?