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
Floris	FLO-ris	Dutch
Hirshel	-	Yiddish
Gia	-	Italian
Christophe	krees-TOF	French
Ilene	ie-LEEN	English
Tewodros	-	Eastern African, Amharic