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
Ahab	AY-hab (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Mortimer	MAWR-ti-mər	English
Deanna	dee-AN-ə, DEEN-ə	English
Eustathius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Zenia	['zi:niə]
HediİYe	-	Turkish