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)

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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.

in a nutshell

jelentés / meaning:

dióhéjban, néhány szóban

( amikor elmesélsz, elmondasz valamit)

in a few words, summed up briefly

példák / examples:

• Just give me the facts in a nutshell.
• Just tell me the story in a nutshell.
• I explained my situation to the hotel manager in a nutshell.
• "In a nutshell, the problem was caused by a faulty wire" -said the experienced electrician. 
• The Norway in a nutshell ® tour takes you through some of Norway's most beautiful fjord scenery. (link)
• Buddhism in a nutshell -(PDF) 
• To put it in a nutshell, I don't want to do it.

faulty wire= hibás vezeték
scenerey= táj, tájkép, látvány 
to put it= mondani (valahogy)

have something in mind

jelentés / meaning:
gondol valamire (mint lehetséges választásra),tervez valamit,
észben tart valamit (választás előtt)


to intend, to plan, 
to be thinking about something as a possibility

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példák / examples:

• What do you have in mind for  your wife's birthday? 
• Do you have anyone in mind for the job?
• Woman: What kind of movies do you have in mind? Man: Well, what about action movies? 
• What do you have in mind?
• I'm not sure what you have in mind.
• 5 Good Tips To Have In Mind When Choosing a Laptop. (észben tartani)

  még több példa / more examples ( from Wiktionary)

• That's not what I had in mind, but I'll take it.
• I had in mind going shopping this afternoon.
• I had in mind to go shopping.
• I had your birthday in mind when I went shopping.
• I had in mind your birthday when I went shopping.
• I had buying you a present in mind when I went to the store.
• I had in mind buying you a present when I went to the store.

left me with a lot of ideas

jelentés /meaning: 

sok ötletet adott nekem / elgondolkoztatott

 "It left me with a lot of ideas on how to develop my new blog"

source

példák / examples:

• The novel left me with a lot of ideas to ponder. One of the ideas that I am still thinking about after reading this novel is the comparison between ant colonies and human civilization. (source)
• That last discussion we had left me with a lot of ideas in my head.
• Both of these left me with a lot of ideas zinging around my brain, and I'll post about some of them in the next few days.
• I think this break has left me with a lot of ideas and a fresh enthusiasm.

put your thinking cap on

jelentése / meaning:

kezdj el gondolkozni róla, törd a fejed

Take time for consideration of some question, think carefully

"Scientists develop actual thinking cap."

példák/ examples:

• It's time to put our thinking cap on, boys.
• Put on your thinking cap and try to remember whose car was it.
• Now using these examples, put on your thinking cap and see what you can identify as possible trends.