empty-handed betydelse and definition

Exempel på empty-handed

• Whereas most gold diggers were impoverished to the degree that they left the gold field empty-handed, the suppliers of the mining campaigns realised large revenues.

• One could not show up for a visit empty-handed, and workers tended to travel to see their families only when they were in a position to dispense gifts.

• For all the fine words and the rhetoric, we stand empty-handed; which is terribly tragic.

• He came back from the coalfield, one may say, empty-handed, not having been able to do anything.

• The agreement must be legally authorized, otherwise citizens and businesses would be left empty-handed following claims for compensation.

• The political hobby of the eurocrats may well cost money but it will leave us empty-handed.

• However, the citizen with a well-founded complaint which is inadmissible, does not usually go away empty-handed.

• If drivers rely on these guidelines they could be left empty-handed, as these are not legally valid - and that is a problem.