rub one's hands together
Gleeful expectation signal
To rub one's hands together is to move the palms against each other repeatedly, either for warmth or as a gesture of eager anticipation: He rubbed his hands together and said, "Let's get started".
The anticipatory gesture often accompanies schemes or prospects of gain, giving it a slightly villainous flavor in fiction: The landlord rubbed his hands together as he calculated the rent increase.
- cold weatherFrigid atmospheric conditions
- claspingHolding something firmly
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- can't waitEager anticipation expressed
excitement · smugness · scheming · plotting · evil genius · patting · joy · glee · relief · eagerness · nervousness · impatience · gripping · satisfaction · counting money · squeezing · waving · Scrooge
rub one's hands togetherhang one's head
Display visible shame
throw up one's hands · tear one's hair out · beat one's breast · weep · wince
rub one's hands togetherdread
Intense anticipatory fear
shudder · recoil · shrink back · steel oneself · resign oneself
rubbed, rubbing, rubber, hands, handed, handing, handiwork, together, togetherness