Украинско-английский словарь - здирати

(шкіру) to flay, to skin, excorticate, to excoriate;(кору) to bark, to disbask, to abrade, to strip (to rip) off (away) (швидко);перен. to exact, to extort;

здирати шкіру перен. — to strip the very skin off a person's back, to take the coat off a person's back.