turn (someone's) crank

To excite or arouse the interest of someone. To be honest, science never turned my crank in school. I was always more interested in literature.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rajneesh	-	Indian, Hindi
Berardo	be-RAHR-do	Italian
Georgine	zhor-ZHEEN	French
Abel	AY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese)	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Prince	PRINTS	English
Joffrey	-	French