Showing posts with label discussion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discussion. Show all posts

pick somebody's brain

jelentés / meaning: 
kikérdez valakit (aki sokat tud az adott témában)

to ask for information or advice from someone who knows more about a subject than you do 

                                    Advise & Consent -1962 (IMDB)

példák / examples:
  • I'd love to pick your brains about computers - you seem to be the expert around here.
  • Would you mind having a look at our website? I'd love to pick your brains and get some new ideas for it.
  • Wow, Bob knows a lot about our order entry systems. One of these days I will have to sit down with him and pick his brain. 
  • Jenkins hopes to sit down with him for dinner soon to pick his brain. 
  • After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.

have a word with somebody

jelentés / meaning: 
beszél valakivel (valami konkrét dologgal kapcsolatban, röviden, jellemzően négy szem között)


a short conversation or discussion, usually without other people listening (source ) /
talk to somebody for a specific reason.


 példák / examples:

  • May I have a word with you?
  • I don't think she's interested but I'll have a word with her. 
  • Can I have a quick word with you?
  • I need to have a word with you.
  • I will have a word with my boss before he goes home tonight.

he's got a point

jelentés / meaning: 
"mond valamit", jól érvel, igaza van ebben
  • "This term is used when acknowledging someones opinion on a given object of discussion. Typically used when someone brings a new idea into a conversation."
  • He has a valid idea about that.

 “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
―Mark Twain
példák / examples: 

Legtöbbször a beszélt nyelvben fordul elő,ott viszont nagyon gyakran. ezek a példák is mind párbeszédekből lettek kiemelve:
  • You have to admit, he's got a point there.
  • You know, she's got a point, Barry.
  • But at least take a blood sample. ... She's got a point there, Frank.