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
Elwirael-VEERFrench
IsibÉAl-Irish
Zinoviyzee-NO-veeRussian
Laraine-English
Zlota-Jewish (Rare)
Carey['kɛəri]