a mani vuote

empty-handed

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phrase Rare #26,530
empty-handed Often used when returning or arriving without having obtained or brought anything.
IT: Non tornare a mani vuote!
EN: Don’t come back empty-handed!

Come si sentiranno quando tornerai a casa a mani vuote?

How will they feel when you come home empty-handed?

— Mademoiselle (2016)

Ma il nostro onore non ci farà neppure andar via a mani vuote!

But our honor won't let us go away empty-handed either!

— Porco Rosso (1992)

Ma non posso tornare a mani vuote.

But I can't come back empty-handed.

— Porco Rosso (1992)

Non possiamo mica arrivare così a mani vuote.

We can't exactly show up empty-handed like this.

— Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

Non voglio tornare a mani vuote.

I don't want to return empty-handed.

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Per lo più torna a mani vuote.

Most of the time, he comes back empty-handed.

Ritornò a mani vuote.

He returned empty-handed.

Se non catturiamo Jung Chae-san, sarà come tornare a mani vuote.

If we don't capture Jung Chae-san, it will be like coming back empty-handed.

— L'impero delle ombre (2016)

Sono a disagio, sono venuto qui a mani vuote.

I'm uncomfortable, I came here empty-handed.

— Infernal Affairs (2002)

Te ne andresti a mani vuote?

Would you leave empty-handed?