glass half full half empty 成语
go away empty-handed
Idiom(s): go away empty-handedTheme: DEPART
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.
come away empty-handed
Idiom(s): come away empty-handedTheme: LACKING
to return without anything.
• All right, go gambling. Don't come away empty-handed, though.
• Go to the bank and ask for the loan again. This time don't come away empty-handed.
An empty purse frightens away friends.
When one's financial situation deteriorates, friends tend to disappear.Empty vessels make the most noise.
The least intelligent people are often the most talkative or noisy.EMPTY OUT
(separable) to remove everything from a container making it empty" Max emptied the refrigerator out."
Empty vessels make the most noise
The thoughtless often speak the most.Running on empty
If you are exhausted but keep going, you are running on empty.empty
emptyIn addition to the idioms beginning with empty, also see glass is half full, the; running on empty.
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- empty calories
- empty nest
- empty suit
empty calories
empty caloriesFood that has little or no nutritional value. For example, Snacking on beer and potato chips makes for a lot of empty calories. [1960s]
empty nest
empty nestThe home of parents whose children have grown up and moved out. For example, Now that they had an empty nest, Jim and Jane opened a bed-and-breakfast. This expression, alluding to a nest from which baby birds have flown, gave rise to such related ones as empty-nester, for a parent whose children had moved out, and empty-nest syndrome, for the state of mind of parents whose children had left. [c. 1970]
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