בָּא בְּיָדַיִם רֵיקוֹת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

came with empty hands

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Came when there is nothing in his hands. Figuratively: came with nothing, arrived without money.

("Or in years of famine, even she cries out in bitter soul: he will come to his home even with empty hands"- Responsa Maharshal, Siman 55, and: "They will pay their debt with God's help to the last penny. For they do not come here with empty hands"- Shalom Aleichem/ Kathrielivka, his sons return, and: "She took with her... she, who did not know how to walk with empty hands, a basket from the kitchen baskets"- Devorah Baron/ Exiles, 96)