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
Revazi	-	Georgian
Columban	kə-LUM-bən (English)	Irish
Antje	AHN-tyə	Frisian, Dutch, Low German
Reziko	-	Georgian
Brankica	-	Croatian, Serbian
Brenton	['brentn]