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rub one's hands



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Idioms and Phrases

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.
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Example Sentences

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In the morning it was cold enough to make one rub one's hands and stamp the feet.

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It is usual," Menehwehna explained, "to rub one's hands at the mention of Manabozho.

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It is very low to puff out the cheeks, to put out the tongue, to pull one's beard, rub one's hands, poke out or bite the lips, or to keep them too tightly closed or too open. 17th.

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