Idiom
float someone's boat
Meaning
To interest or appeal to someone; to make someone happy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Does this kind of music float your boat?”
“I know you love hiking, but that long trail really does not float my boat.”
“While the avant-garde performance certainly did not float his boat, he appreciated the artistic ambition behind it.”
Examples
simple
“Does this kind of music float your boat?”
contextual
“I know you love hiking, but that long trail really does not float my boat.”
complex
“While the avant-garde performance certainly did not float his boat, he appreciated the artistic ambition behind it.”
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