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:
- right hand does not know what the left hand is doing
- hands off
- fold one's hands
- hand down (something)
- hand in hand
- hand-out
- get out of hand
- hand (something) to (someone) on a silver platter
- leave (someone or something) in (someone's) hands
- hands down
- to be on hand
- read the handwriting on the wall
- give (someone) a hand with (something)
- dirty one's hands
- at the hands of (someone or something)