how does that grab you

how does that grab you idiom
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What do you think of that? For example, They want to put his name at the top of the masthead—how does that grab you? This expression employs the verb grab in the sense of “excite one's interest or attention.” [Slang; early 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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