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
Herrington['heriŋtən]
Awiti-Eastern African, Luo
Rob[rɔb]
Jacobs['dʒeikəbz]
Shad (1)-Arabic
Emmanuel[i'mænjuəl]