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
ThỊ-Vietnamese
AppiusAP-pi-uws (Ancient Roman), AP-ee-əs (English)Ancient Roman
Gautam-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Nedelko-Macedonian
EirikAY-rikNorwegian
Sitara-Urdu