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
MochÁN-Ancient Irish
Abigaia-Biblical Greek
Jean-Marie-French
CirceSUR-see (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Sayyida-Arabic
Kane[kein]