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
Aoibheann	EE-van	Irish
Liina	LEE:-nah	Finnish
Brendon	BREN-dən	English
Waldeburg	-	Ancient Germanic
Kristen (1)	-	Danish, Norwegian
Damian	DAY-mee-ən (English), DAHM-yahn (Polish)	English, Polish, Dutch