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To pick someone's brain, to pick someone's brain, P -I -C -K.
What does it mean to pick?
Well, sometimes to pick means to choose or to select.
But in this case, it's different.
When we say to pick, Think of a toothpick.
Do you know what a toothpick is?
T -O -O -T -H -P -I -C -K. Yeah, it's that little tiny piece of wood or plastic.
You know, if you eat some meat and then after you eat the meat, sometimes a little piece of the meat is between your teeth so you need to take a toothpick and get it out of your teeth.
Children, of course not adults, like to pick their teeth with their fingers and then they pick their ears and then they pick their nose.
Well yeah that's the idea of Pick.
And that's the idea here.
To pick someone's brain means to go over to somebody and pick at their brain.
Oh, that sounds horrible.
What kind of terrible expression is this?
No, no, no, no, no, it's actually a very good expression.
It means ask that person for ideas.
That person is really smart.
Let's pick their brain to find some intelligence, to find some good ideas to find a solution.
It is a great expression.
Let's check out our dialogue.
Any ideas on how to improve business?
No. We need someone to help us.
Why don't we pick Jason's brain?
Jason? From IBM? Great idea.
These days, lots of people are having trouble with their businesses trying to make it grow.
I'm one of them but fortunately I don't have any employees.
I don't have to worry about a payroll but if you have a company you know with 10 people working there 25 people working there 50 people working there business is tough business is tough?
Any ideas on how to improve business?
It's a good question.
Well, they think that Jason, Jason who works at IBM, a big computer company, they think he might have some ideas so they are going to pick his brain.
What about you guys?
Do you have any advice for For somebody who's trying to grow their business, why don't we pick each other's brain?
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I'd like to pick your brain.
How can I improve my business?
Coach Shane I'd like to pick your brain.
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I'll talk about that after you listen to the dialogue two more times Any ideas on how to improve business No, we need someone to help us.
Why don't we pick Jason's brain Jason from IBM great idea?
Any ideas on how to improve business Ugh, no, we need someone to help us.
Why don't we pick Jason's brain?
Jason? From IBM? Great idea!
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