hat in hand | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Withhumility; in anapologeticorself-effacingfashion.1849,Herman Melville, chapter 61, inRedburn: His First Voyage:Hat in hand, the sailors stood deferentially in a semicircle before him.1915,John Buchan, chapter 5, inSalute to Adventurers:"D'you think the proud English corporations are going to let you inside? Not them. The most you'll get will be the scraps that fall from their table, my poor Lazarus, and for these you'll have to gohat in handto Dives."2015October 5, James Kanter,Tim Arango, “Turkish Leader Says E.U. Should Do More About Syria”, inNew York Times, retrieved7 October 2015:Turkish leaders are accustomed to visiting Europe withhat in hand, seeking to make compromises.2023November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, inBBC‎[1]:But the Americans should also not expect Mr Xi to be arrivinghat in handand eager to please.<r>Many believe mutual suspicion will endure and the two leaders will not likely remove existing trade and economic roadblocks put up in the name of national security.

Examples:

EN: It is sad for us, the men, that he/she crawls, hat in hand... .sólo so that their griefs be object of laughs!
ES: Es triste para nosotros, los hombres, que se arrastre, sombrero en mano... ¡sólo para que sus pesares sean objeto de risas!
EN: Me to go to your father, hat in hand... Why not?
ES: - ¿Qué vaya a ver a tu padre con el sombrero en la mano...?
EN: He'll be at the station with hat in hand.
ES: Me recibirá en la estación.
EN: A great luxury car, a chauffeur who opens the door, hat in hand.
ES: Un gran coche de lujo, un chófer que abre la puerta, sombrero en mano.
EN: One of my first tasks as partner was to interview Lionel, who came cap... Or rather, silk hat in hand.
ES: Una de mis primeras tareas como socio... fué entrevistarme con Lionel, que vino con el gorro- o mejor, el sombrero de seda en la mano.
EN: Ben, if you met me in Wichita, and had never saw me before, would you take after me hat in hand, mouth open, drunk or sober?
ES: Si me conocieses en Wichita y no me hubieras visto nunca, ¿me habrías hablado sombrero en mano y boquiabierto, borracho o sobrio?
EN: Shall I come to Geneva, hat in hand, begging for peace?
ES: ¿Iré a Ginebra, con sombrero en mano, rogando por paz?
EN: Well, sir, I'm here with my hat in hand to say that you were right.
ES: Pues aquí estoy con el sombrero en mis manos para decir que tenía razón.
EN: If that fool knew what he had there... he wouldn't be coming in here hat in hand.
ES: Si ese tonto supiera lo que tenía allí ... él no vendría aquí sombrero en mano.
EN: - Look, Ken. I am not some crackpot who's come in begging, hat in hand.
ES: - Mira, Ken... no soy un chiflado que vino aquí a pedir limosnas.
EN: I'm not coming, hat in hand, begging charity from this blatherskite.
ES: No he venido, con mi mejor voluntad, para ser insultado por este finolis.
EN: "As the men began to cheer, he raised his head, and, hat in hand,
ES: "Como los hombres comenzaron a aplaudirlo,
EN: I'm not standing here hat in hand!
ES: ¡No te estoy pidiendo nada, Marty!
EN: "And if Moscow is destroyed, am I to come hat in hand to where?
ES: "Y si Moscú es destruida, ¿a dónde se supone que deba ir?" "¿Ginebra?
EN: -Head hung low, hat in hand.
ES: -Que me humillara.

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