go away empty-handed
уйти ни с чем, с пустыми руками
I wasn't able to get an English-English dictionary in the book store, so I went away empty-handed.
Другие идиомы:
- wash one's hands of (someone or something)
- give (someone) a free hand
- lend (someone) a hand
- leave (someone or something) in (someone's) hands
- in good hands
- have one's hands full (with someone or something)
- have clean hands
- live from hand to mouth
- hand down a decision
- near at hand
- take the law into one's own hands
- cannot see one's hand in front of one's face
- have (something) in one's hands
- go hand in hand (with something)
- caught with one's hand in the cookie jar