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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]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Pierrick | | - | Breton, French |
| Ananias | | an-ə-NIE-əs (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Sue | | SOO | English |
| Stefanus | | - | Dutch |
| Gervasio | | jer-VAH-zyo (Italian), her-BAH-syo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
| Gisella | | jee-ZEL-lah | Italian |