pick someone's brain



pick someone's brain

Obtain ideas or information from another person, as in I'm out of ideas for decorating-let me pick your brain. This term alludes to picking clean a carcass. [Mid-1800s]
See also: brain, pick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BrandonBRAN-dənEnglish
Yseut-Arthurian Romance
Gu&Eth;Fri&Eth;R-Ancient Scandinavian
Suzettesoo-ZETFrench
Yared-Biblical Hebrew, Eastern African, Ethiopian
Behrouz-Persian