с носом

• С НОСОМ остаться, оставить кого coll

[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with остаться (subj: human) or obj-compl with оставить (obj: human); usu. used with pfv past]

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⇒ (to be left or leave s.o.) without sth. one or s.o. had hoped for or counted on:

- (be left <leave s.o.>) high and dry (empty-handed, out in the cold, holding the bag);

- (get) nothing for one's pains;

- (leave s.o.) with nothing to show for it.

     ♦ Он увлёкся Аней всерьёз, а она оставила его с носом и вышла замуж за другого. He fell hard for Anya, but she left him out in the cold and married someone else.