hold out a begging bowl

"What man has ever become rich by holding out a begging bowl?"

Now, like the soliders coming from Afghanistan, students are forced to hold out a begging bowl for charity.

These people are not holding out a begging bowl - they are only asking for recognition that they have small landowning democracies in countries which have human rights and which protect workers' rights.

"This stance has created ripples of outrage among Indians and pro-India Congressmen here who interpret these signals as being a clear indicator from Washington that India must hold out a begging bowl to the US," it said.