יָצָא בְּיָדַיִים רֵיקוֹת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To come away empty-handed

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)