濡ぬれ手て

noun

wet hands

Refers to hands that are wet. Often appears in the proverb 濡れ手で粟 (ぬれてであわ), meaning 'easy profit' or 'making a profit without effort', likened to grabbing millet with wet hands.

• 濡ぬれ手てでスマホを触さわらないでください。

  Please don't touch your smartphone with wet hands.

• 「濡ぬれ手てで粟あわ」とは、苦く労ろうせずに利り益えきを得えるたとえだ。

  'Wet hands with millet' is a metaphor for gaining profit without effort.