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
Zuzana-Czech, Slovak
MarwinMAHR-veenGerman
Earle[ɜ:l]
PetriPET-ree (Finnish)Finnish, Basque
Debbora-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
ChristabelleKRIS-tə-belEnglish (Rare)