What does catching my fancy mean?

Definition of catch someone’s fancy : to appeal to someone very much Something about the movie really caught their fancy.

What does fancy mean in American?

fancy wanting, liking, or thinking If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.

Where does strike my fancy come from?

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.” After World War II, British English speakers began using it in a rhyming slang …

What does your fancy mean?

(also catch/tickle your fancy) to seem interesting or pleasing to someone: She has enough money to buy anything that strikes her fancy.

What caught my fancy?

catch (someone’s) fancy To be appealing or pleasant to someone; to be intriguing or of interest to someone.

What does the idiom caught my eye means?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English catch somebody’s eyea) to attract someone’s attention and make them look at something Out on the freeway, a billboard caught his eye. b) to look at someone at the same moment that they are looking at you Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed.

What does tickle your feathers mean?

: fantastic quality or state. Childhood memory. When a person was really pleased, someone would say, “Well, give me a feather and we’ll both be tickled.” Or something like that.

Is tickle your fancy British?

The name Nancy has given rise to the British rhyming slang expression ‘a tickle your fancy’ (after World War II).” In ‘The Light of Nature Pursued’ he wrote of animals ‘whose play had a quality of striking the joyous perception, or, as we vulgarly, say, tickling the fancy.”

Do you fancy me meaning?

Usually, it just means “are you attracted to me”.