搓:手相摩。形容焦急不耐烦的样子
清·石玉昆《三侠五义》第28回:“自己又不会水,急得他在亭子上搓手跺脚,无法可施。”
搓手跺脚作谓语、定语;形容焦急的样子。
rub one's hands and stamp one's feet in exasperation
搓手顿脚