rub one's hands



rub one's hands

Experience or exhibit pleased anticipation or self-satisfaction, as in The owner rubbed his hands as the customer picked out item after item. This metaphoric term alludes to the actual rubbing together of one's hands to express pleasure.
See also: hand, rub

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Godeliva-Ancient Germanic
Finees-Biblical Latin
Darija-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Eran-Biblical
Tapiwa-Southern African, Shona
CletisKLEE-tisEnglish (Rare)