Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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PICK (SOMEONE'S) BRAIN
to get information from someone, usually by questioning the person carefully and in great detail
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1. I was exhausted after spending hours with the investigators while they picked my brain Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to give them any useful information.
2. You know a lot about the latest in jet engine design, don’t you? We want to pick your brain about the new design before we start to build our engine. The expression suggests that a person’s brain contains bits of information that can be “picked” like fruit from a tree or like meat off of a bone. |
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