Examples:

• You know, hat in hand, that sort of thing.
• So we have to come to his house, hat in hand, begging.
• We have to go in hat in hand.
• Heart's on his sleeve, hat in hand.
• He's out there, hat in hand, literally.
• And now he's going hat in hand to Chief Jackson to get it back.
• I didn't realize we had our hat in hand, Sir.
• But I don't come to you hat in hand.
• He'll be at the station with hat in hand.
• Well, sir, I'm here with my hat in hand to say that you were right.