たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえる
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp; (lit.) to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountain
Composed of
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
in vain; to no purpose; fruitlessly
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate