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
Apolena-Czech, Slovak
MoisÉSmoi-SES (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Dilys-Welsh
Nit-Egyptian Mythology
Fulgenciofool-KHEN-thyo (Spanish), fool-KHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
DorrisDAWR-isEnglish