whet one's appetite

Idioms  

1. 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.

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whet one's appetite

Looking like something died atop two pucks of fried goat cheese, petals of shriveled beet chips do little to whet one’s appetite.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2017

You will presently discover, my dear, that youth is only an ingenious prologue to whet one's appetite for a rather dull play.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell

Don’t hide, nor keep your shops closed, as that would only whet one’s appetite for mischief.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan