Claw off phrase
To damage something from someone or something else by pulling it into pieces with claws or hands.
When the wife saw her husband going hand in hand with another woman, she charged at them and clawed off the clothes of her husband's lover.
He clawed off his shirt to show his powerful physique after breaking the lifting world's record.
When the cat was clawing the cover off my book, I arrived home and stopped it.
The verb "claw" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
People are always inclined to flatter or please a rich man by laughing at his joke which may not be a very good one.
Everyone at the table always flatter the boss by praising his humor. A rich man's jokes are always funny.