No.1 – “Picking Your Brain”
First time I heard this idiom, because I didn’t know what it meant, I got instant flashbacks from Hannibal and magpies pecking my brain for snacks (they eat anything!) The worst first impression. Even now, I feel my brain sweating every time someone asks me.
初めてイディオム “Picking your brain (知恵を借りる)” を聞いた時の印象はとてつもなく恐ろしかったです。
映画「ハンニバル」や、無数のカラスにつつかれる脳が頭に浮かび、今でも毎回、冷や汗をかきます。