get a charge out of

An allusion to feeling the shock of an electric charge.

• "Anyway, I used to get a charge out of the writing on the walls in the John."
• "Even landlubbers who find yacht racing about as exciting as watching grass grow might get a charge out of the litigious storm swirling around the America's Cup."
• "There are gamblers who get a charge out of playing the odds and thrive off risk."

• get off on
• get a kick out of