whet one's appetite

Arouse one's interest or eagerness, as in That first Schubert piece whetted my appetite; I hope she sings some others. This idiom, first recorded in 1612, transfers making one hungry for food to other kinds of eagerness.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rajendra	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Nepali
Lake	LAYK	English (Rare)
Parris	PER-is, PAR-is	English (Rare)
Mya	MIE-ə	English (Modern)
Rade	-	Serbian, Croatian
Hudes	-	Yiddish