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
IvorIE-vawr (English), EE-vawr (English)Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English (British)
Calanthiakə-LAN-thee-əEnglish (Rare)
'Ach'av-Biblical Hebrew
GretelGRE-telGerman
Alekto-Greek Mythology
Sanel-Croatian