go away empty-handed

Fig. to depart with nothing. I hate for you to go away empty-handed, but I cannot afford to contribute any money. They came hoping for some food, but they had to go away empty-handed.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nelinha	-	Portuguese
Peninnah	pi-NIN-ə (English), pee-NIN-ə (English)	Biblical
Pearl	[pə:l]
Mu'tamid	-	Arabic
Daedalus	DED-ə-ləs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Malin	MAH-lin (Swedish, Norwegian), MAH-leen (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish