tickle someone’s fancy (also, “catch, strike, or take” someone's fancy)
idiom

- to be intriguing or of interest to someone

- if something tickles your fancy, you like it and want to have it

The Free Dictionary / The Cambridge Dictionary

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PHRASE ORIGIN

One of the earliest known references comes from Abraham Tucker's 1774 In the Light of Nature Pursued, the author tells of animals "whose play had a quality of striking the joyous perception, or, as we vulgarly, say, tickling the fancy."

1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 11, in Nicholas Nickleby “But the notion of Ralph Nickleby having directed it to be done, tickled his fancy so much, that he …”

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MORE TICKLE IDIOMS

- tickle the ivories = to play the piano (He spent years learning to tickle the ivories.)

- tickled my funny bone = something that makes me laugh or amuses me (That comedian really tickled my funny bone!)

- tickle your taste buds = to tantalize or excite your sense of taste (The soup tickled my taste buds with it's complex flavours.)

- tickle the back the throat = to mildly irritate the throat, often referring to a cough (The cold air tickled the back of my throat and made me cough.)

- tickle the ear = to be pleasant to listen to (If you listened to the whole album, I'm sure you'd find something that tickles the ear.)

- tickled pink = to be very pleased or happy about something (She was tickled pink when she got the job offer.)

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SYNONYMS

absorbed, aroused my curiosity, beguiled, bewitched, broadened my horizons, captivated, cast a spell, caught my fancy, charmed, charmed my socks off, deepened my interest, enhanced my perspective, enthralled, entranced, expanded my view, fascinated, fascinated my intellect, gripped, heightened my interest, held my attention, hooked, infused my thoughts, intensified my curiosity, intrigued, interested, left me in awe, left me speechless, left me spellbound, lit a fire, magnified my intrigue, piqued my senses, piqued/sparked my curiosity (interest), provoked thought, rekindled my interest, reignited my curiosity, sparked my interest, spoke to my soul, stimulated, stirred, tantalized my mind, TICKLED MY FANCY

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"Your suggestion about how to reduce costs TICKLED MY FANCY,... please tell me more."

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