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pick the brains of
pick the brains about
To get ideas or information about a particular subject by asking an expert.
If you have time, I'd like to pick your brains about home computers.
pick up the tab
To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing.
Платить по счету, брать все расходы на себя.
"I am always the one who picks up the tab," Charlie complained bitterly. "Others get away with being freeloaders."
In the old days, the man would pick up the tab, but nowadays nobody is quite sure.
Раньше мужчина всегда платил по счету, но сегодня в этом никто не может быть уверен.
The advertising manager is flying to Puerto Rico for a conference, and her firm is picking up the tab.
The government picked up the tab for the visiting dignitary. It paid for all of the lodging and meals, as well as transportation, during his stay.
pig in a poke
An unseen bargain; something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully.
Buying land by mail is buying a pig in a poke: sometimes the land turns out to be under water.
piggy bank
A small bank, sometimes in the shape of a pig, for saving coins.
John's father gave him a piggy bank.
piggy-back
Sitting or being carried on the shoulders.
Little John loved to go for a piggy-back ride on his father's shoulders.
When Mary sprained her ankle, John carried her piggy-back to the doctor.
pigheaded
Stubborn; unwilling to compromise.
"Stop being so pigheaded!" she cried. "I, too, can be right sometimes!"
pillar of society
A leading figure who contributes to the support and the well-being of his/her society; a person of irreproachable character.
Mrs. Brown, the director of our classical symphony fund, is a true pillar of society.
pin one's ears back
To beat; defeat.
After winning three games in a row, the Reds had their ears pinned back by the Blues.
To scold.
Mrs. Smith pinned Mary's ears back for not doing her homework.