To come away empty-handed

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To come away empty-handed

To leave with nothing in one's hands. Figuratively: to come away at a loss, with no gain. To fail to achieve a result despite one's efforts.

("In years of famine, she too cries out bitterly: 'He will surely come to his house even empty-handed'" - Responsa Maharshal, Siman 55; and likewise: "When they see that the non-Jew comes out of the field empty-handed, they will assume he was a day laborer" - Responsa Yabia Omer, vol. 8, Orach Chayim, Siman 28; and likewise: "The little boy will cut wood / day and night he will increase his labor / still he is a young lad and his hands are empty / yet he swore to me that he would be my husband when he grows up" - Tirzeh Atar / Ballad of the Boy Who Grew Up)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָצָא בְּיָדַיִים רֵיקוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

יָצָא לְלֹא כְּלוּם בְּיָדָיו. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: יָצָא מֻופְסָד לְלֹא רֶוַוח. לֹא הִשִּׂיג תּוֹצָאָה לַמְרוֹת מַאֲמַצָּיו.

("בִּשְׁנוֹת רְעָבוֹן גַּם הִיא צוֹעֶקֶת בְּמַר נֶפֶשׁ בָּא יָבוֹא לְבֵיתוֹ אֲפִלּוּ בַּיָּדַיִם רֵיקוֹת"- שׁוּ"ת מָהַרְשָׁ"ל סִימָן נה, וְכֵן:"וּכְשֶׁרוֹאִים שֶׁהַנָּכְרִי יוֹצֵא מִן הַשָּׂדֶה בַּיָּדַיִם רֵיקוֹת, יִהְיוּ סְבוּרִים שֶׁהָיָה שְׂכִיר יוֹם"- שׁוּ"ת יַבִּיעַ אֹמֶר חֵלֶק ח - אֹרַח חַיִּים סִימָן כֹּחַ, וְכֵן:"נַעֲרֵי הַקָּט עֵצִים יִכְרֹת/ יוֹם וָלֵיל יִרְבֶּה עָמָל/ עוֹד נַעַר קָט הוּא וְיָדָיו רֵיקוֹת/ אַךְ לִי נִשְׁבַּע,לִהְיוֹת לִי בַּעַל כְּשֶׁיִּגְדַּל"- תִּרְצֶה אֲתָר/ בָּלָדָה עַל נַעֲרִי שֶׁגָּדַל)

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