est revenu les mains vides; est arrivé sans aucun résultat

see the glass as half empty Idiome

go away empty-handed

Idiom(s): go away empty-handed

Theme: 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-handed

Theme: 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

empty
In 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 calories
Food 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 nest
The 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]

see the bottle as bisected empty

To appearance a bearings as about worse or beneath hopeful than ability contrarily be perceived; to be pessimistic. When it comes to the accompaniment of the world, best bodies see the bottle as bisected empty. But they balloon all the advance that has been made.Learn more: empty, glass, half, see

(see the) ˌglass bisected ˈfull/half ˈempty

acclimated to call whether somebody has a absolute or abrogating attitude appear something: People are able to see the bottle bisected abounding at the moment rather than bisected empty. ♢ He’s a glass-half-full blazon of guy (= he consistently expects acceptable things to happen).Learn more: empty, full, glass, half

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