One day while on a trip to a local convenient store for some soft drinks with my 16 year old niece, she turns to me and asked me about the origin of the phrase “Tickle Your Fancy”. To this, at the time, I did not have an answer. The subject of origin stories of idioms and saying is something that does tickle my fancy. I then later started looking into this particular origin. The meaning of this phrase of course is to pique one’s interest Source: theidioms.com.