tickle one's fancy



tickle one's fancy

Appeal to one, be to one's liking, as in That joke tickled my fancy. This term uses fancy in the sense of "liking" or "taste." [Second half of 1700s]
See also: fancy, tickle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Odalis-Spanish
Alberta[æl'bɜ:tə]
Oni-Western African, Yoruba
ZsÓFikaZHO-fee-kawHungarian
Yawen-Chinese
Iakovu-Old Church Slavic