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
Calixtus-Late Roman
Teodosija-Serbian, Macedonian
NevilleNEV-əlEnglish (British)
TuyẾN-Vietnamese
ArtoAHR-toFinnish
Hudde-Medieval English