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empty handed

['emptɪ'hændɪd] 		stresses
gen. с пустыми руками
empty-handed ['emptɪ'hændɪd]
gen. с пустыми руками (carrying nothing • I went to collect my wages but returned empty-handed); ни с чем (Notburga); несолоно хлебавши (denghu)
proverb с пустыми руками (only pl.)
empty handed
: 42 phrases in 9 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Diplomacy1
Figurative2
General21
Idiomatic2
Informal4
Makarov7
Nonstandard2
Proper and figurative2

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