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
Maximilianomahk-see-mee-LYAH-no (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Dimosthenis-Greek
KaeleaKAY-leeEnglish (Rare)
FriedemannFREE-de-mahnGerman
Maninder-Indian (Sikh)
EimearEE-murIrish