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
Tamanna	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Alpertti	AHL-pert-tee	Finnish
Aurora	[ɔ:'rɔ:rə]
Medousa	-	Greek Mythology
Giovanni	jo-VAHN-nee	Italian
Haifa	-	Arabic