
“He took the imperial hand and shook it in the glad-to-see-you-but-keep-off English fashion.”
Source: Hadrian the Seventh (1904), Ch. 13, p. 223
Regarding U.S. President Barack Obama shaking the hand of Cuban President Raul Castro at a memorial for Nelson Mandela
2013-12-10
The Takeaway
Radio, quoted in * 2013-12-10
McCain On Obama-Castro Handshake: 'Chamberlain Shook Hands With Hitler' (Audio)
Tom Kludt
Talking Points Memo
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccain-on-obama-castro-handshake-chamberlain-shook-hands-with-hitler-audio
2010s, 2013
“He took the imperial hand and shook it in the glad-to-see-you-but-keep-off English fashion.”
Source: Hadrian the Seventh (1904), Ch. 13, p. 223
As quoted in "Owens pierced a myth" http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html (2005), by Larry Schwartz, ESPN SportsCentury
At a press conference, as quoted in U.K. Leader Boris Johnson Boasts He Has Shaken Hands With Coronavirus Patients https://www.newsweek.com/boris-johnson-says-shaken-hands-coronavirus-patients-1490214 by Khaleda Rahman, 3 March 2020, Newsweek.
2020s, 2020
Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3 (2015), p. 222
“Shake the hand that feeds you.”
Source: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
A Handshake Is Not Too Much to Ask, Even From a King, William C. Rhoden, The New York Times, June 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/sports/basketball/02rhoden.html,
James answering why he refuses to shake hand with Dwight Howard.
“Who is such a reprobate as I! And yet it seems that even I be in Somebody's hand!”
Source: The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Ch. 41
“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
Attributed
Variant: You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.