pick brains

Meaning

1. pick sb's brains

   to ask sb a lot of questions about sth because they know more about the subject than you do

In the movies · 3

• They've encouraged us to approach experienced Googlers and just pick their brains.The Internship2013
• Oh, yes. "Send for him. Cross-question him. Pick his brains."Howards End1992
• A curiosity. Is that why you're here, to pick my brains?Enola Holmes2020

Learn it in full scenes

• Enola Holmes2020
  • Enola Confronts Her Brothers
  • Enola Decodes Her Mother's Message
  • Enola Hides on the Train

From the same entry

• pick and choose
• pick a fight
• pick holes in
• pick a lock
• pick pocket
• pick up the bill, tab
• pick up the pieces
• pick up speed
• pick up the threads
• pick your way
• pick a winner
• have a bone to pick with