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
Spencer['spensə]
Mordechai-Hebrew
VitoVEE-to (Italian), BEE-to (Spanish)Italian, Spanish
Imad-Arabic
Concettokon-CHET-toItalian
EmblaEM-blah (Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish