Take a fancy to meaning in English

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Definition

to take a fancy to (someone, something): to start to like or be attracted to (someone, something) idiom

Is there anything that takes your fancy?: Is there anything that interests, attracts, or entices you? idiom

Examples

"Brian : Oh, good. Is there anything that takes your fancy?"

Exercise 1

"Is there anything that takes your fancy?"

Select the sentences from the list below which use the term fancy correctly.

There may be more than one correct answer!

I don't enjoy fancy restaurants; I prefer to eat hamburgers at home.

Do any of these cakes take your fancy?

We finally fancied a new house after months of looking.

If you fancy a drink, I could make you a cocktail.

"Is there anything that takes your fancy?"

Select the sentences from the list below which use the term fancy correctly.

There may be more than one correct answer!

I don't enjoy fancy restaurants; I prefer to eat hamburgers at home.

This sentence uses the term "fancy" correctly. As an adjective, "fancy" means "sophisticated", "chic" or "luxurious".

Do any of these cakes take your fancy?

This sentence uses the term "fancy" correctly, in the same way as it is used in this scene. If something "takes your fancy", it appeals to or interests you. Used in this way, "your fancy" means "your imagination" or "your interest". When something takes your fancy, it captures your imagination - makes you very interested and desirous. Or, as they say nowadays, you just have to have it!

We finally fancied a new house after months of looking.

This sentence uses the term "fancy" incorrectly. As a verb, "to fancy" cannot express the idea of "finding".

If you fancy a drink, I could make you a cocktail.

This sentence uses the verb "fancy" correctly. To "fancy (a drink)" is to want or desire a drink. The use of "fancy" as a verb is chiefly British.

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