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
Ileana-Romanian, Spanish, Italian
CrÍOstÓIr-Irish
Raquelrah-KEL (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese, English
SabahattİN-Turkish
&Aelig;Lfthryth-Anglo-Saxon
Anatolia-Late Roman