float (one's) boat

To make someone happy. Often used in the phrase "whatever floats (one's) boat." A: "What do you want for dinner?" B: "Whatever floats your boat, I'm not even hungry." I think this new job in the lab will really float Isabel's boat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jove	JOV (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Erlantz	-	Basque
Afra (1)	-	Late Roman
Stojan	-	Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Vasant	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Maryanne	mer-ee-AN, mar-ee-AN	English