Came out with his hands on his head/ to be disappointed/ to fail badly/ to be dreadfully disappointed
Came out disappointed; came out at a loss; failed; was defeated (an expression based on a person's body language when he learns terrible news).
("Even from this you shall come out with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected your trust and you shall not prosper through them" — Jeremiah 2:36, and also: "It would not enter the mind that because of such severity of injury one of them would receive compensation and the other would come out with his hands on his head" — Justice S. Strasberg-Cohen of the Supreme Court in CA 5803/95, PD 51(2) 277, and also: "In the case before us, the appellant suffers twice: once when he lost in the regional labor court, and a second time — when he came out with his hands on his head, and his appeal was finally closed for reasons not caused by him" — Judge Nili Arad of the National Labor Court in RAH 1006/2, 616)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא וְיָדָיו עַל רֹאשׁוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
יָצָא מְאֻוכְזָב. יָצָא בְּהֶפְסֵד. לֹא הִצְלִיחַ. נִכְשַׁל (בִּיטּוּי עַל פִּי שְׂפַת תְּנוּעַת הַגּוּף שֶׁל אָדָם כְּשֶׁנּוֹדַע לוֹ דָּבָר נוֹרָא).
("גַּם מֵאֵת זֶה תֵּצְאִי וְיָדַיִךְ עַל רֹאשֵׁךְ כִּי מָאַס ה' בְּמִבְטַחַיִךְ וְלֹא תַצְלִיחִי לָהֶם"- יִרְמְיָה ב לָז, וְכֵן : "לֹא יַעֲלֶה עַל הַדַּעַת שֶׁבֵּגִין אוֹתָהּ חֻמְרַת פְּגִיעָה יְקַבֵּל אֶחָד מֵהֶם פִּצּוּי וְשֵׁנִי יָצָא וְיָדָיו עַל רֹאשׁוֹ"- שׁוֹפֶטֶת ביהמ"ש הָעֶלְיוֹן שְׁטְרֶסְבֵּרְג כֹּהֵן בבר"ע 5803/95,פ"ד נָא (2) 277, וְכֵן:"בַּפָּרָשָׁה שֶׁלְּפָנֵינוּ נִמְצָא הַמְּעַרְעֵר לוֹקֶה פַּעֲמַיִם, פַּעַם אַחַת שָׁעָה שֶׁהִפְסִיד בַּדִּין בְּבֵית הַדִּין הָאֲזוֹרִי וּבַפַּעַם הַשְּׁנִיָּה- כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצָא וְיָדָיו עַל רֹאשׁוֹ, וְנִסְתַּם הַגּוֹלֵל עַל עִרְעוּרוֹ מִטְּעָמִים שֶׁלֹּא הוּא גְּרָמָם"- שׁוֹפֶטֶת בֵּית הַדִּין הָאַרְצִי לַעֲבוֹדָה נִילִי אָרָד בעא"ח 1006/2 ,616)