whatever floats your boat

== English == === Etymology === The earliest evidence hints that the phrase originated in the late 1970s among pleasure boaters in the United States. === Pronunciation === === Phrase === whatever floats your boat (originally US, informal, idiomatic) One should do whatever stimulates one or suits one's inclinations. Synonyms: whatever butters your biscuit, whatever butters your biscuits, whatever butters your bread, whatever butters your muffin, whatever butters your toast, whatever humps your camel, whatever melts your butter, whatever sizzles your bacon, whatever tickles your pickle, whatever winds your clock ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, Fred R. Shapiro, editors (2012), “Whatever floats your boat”, in The Dictionary of Modern Proverbs, New Haven: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 23