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
LadislasLAD-i-slaws (English)History
Hay[hei]
Rinat (1)-Tatar, Bashkir
ÍVarr-Ancient Scandinavian
RamŪNas-Lithuanian
RitaREE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese