Meaning of rub one's hands together | Babel Free
Definitions
To anticipate something eagerly.
colloquial, idiomatic
Equivalents
Suomi
hieroa käsiään yhteen
Français
se frotter les mains
Examples
“2017 Interest rate rise: What you are saying BBC News, 2 November 2017. Accessed 3 August 2018. ""It's been over 10 years and it's about time we got a little bit more," Ms Tongue pointed out. "I'm rubbing my hands together, definitely.""”
“2018 Riley Beveridge, No final decision on 2019 AFLW Fixture Brisbane Lions, 3 August 2018. Accessed 3 August 2018. ""But I thought when those two new teams came in … I was rubbing my hands together thinking 'we are going to get a legitimate competition here, we will play everyone once and head into a finals series, you beauty'."”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.