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
ZekİYe-Turkish
Briallenbree-AHSH-enWelsh
Katrinkah-TREEN (German, Swedish)German, Swedish, Estonian
ÁStrÍ&Eth;Ur-Icelandic
RandÚLfr-Ancient Scandinavian
Clyde[klaid]