English Experts

[Simon Vasconcelos]

Ele saiu o emprego com uma mão na frente outra atrás.

Uma mão na frente outra atrás = sem nada

[donay mendonça]

Sugestão:

Without anything to call your own

"Will I continue to be a shadow on life without anything to call my own?"

[jlmmelo]

Someone who is penniless has no money.
Her parents arrived in the country as penniless immigrants.

Hard up = not having much money
Macmillan

With empty hands...