"whatever floats your boat" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "The earliest evidence hints that figurative use of the phrase originated among pleasure boaters in the USA.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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          "name": "American English",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "whatever butters your biscuit"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever butters your biscuits"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever butters your bread"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever butters your muffin"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever butters your toast"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever humps your camel"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever melts your butter"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever sizzles your bacon"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever tickles your pickle"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever winds your clock"
        }
      ],
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          "ref": "2025 May 17, James Parker, “Return of the Shaman”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:",
          "text": "You can achieve a non-ordinary or altered state with drugs, drumming, dancing, fasting, meditation, whatever floats your boat—floats it into the beyond, that is.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Do whatever makes you happy or stimulates you."
      ],
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          "happy",
          "happy"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally US) Do whatever makes you happy or stimulates you."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "float someone's boat"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever helps you sleep at night"
        },
        {
          "word": "you do you"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suit yourself"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "whatever floats your boat"
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  "derived": [
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      "word": "whatever butters your biscuit"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever butters your biscuits"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever butters your bread"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever butters your muffin"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever butters your toast"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever humps your camel"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever melts your butter"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever sizzles your bacon"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever tickles your pickle"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever winds your clock"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The earliest evidence hints that figurative use of the phrase originated among pleasure boaters in the USA.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "float someone's boat"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever helps you sleep at night"
    },
    {
      "word": "you do you"
    }
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        "English multiword terms",
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          "ref": "2025 May 17, James Parker, “Return of the Shaman”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Do whatever makes you happy or stimulates you."
      ],
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          "happy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally US) Do whatever makes you happy or stimulates you."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "suit yourself"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "whatever floats your boat"
}