ask someone
111pick someone's brain — verb To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone. After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense …
112at someone's service — at (someone s) service ready to help someone as soon as they ask. In this business, the customer comes first, and our employees need to remember that we are at their service …
113be someone's for the asking — be (someone s) for the asking if something is someone s for the asking, they only have to ask for it and it will be given to them. The contract was Ron s for the asking …
114be someone's pigeon — be (someone s) pigeon British & Australian, old fashioned if something is someone s pigeon, they are responsible for it. Finance isn t my pigeon. Ask Brian about that …
115be a dead ringer for someone — be a dead ringer for (someone/something) to look very similar to someone or something. He s a dead ringer for Bono from U2 people often come up to him in the street and ask for his autograph …
116beam someone up — beam (someone/something) up to send someone or something into space as waves of energy. Mission Control beamed up pictures of the spaceship taken from the space station. The ads show aliens beaming up a cow. Etymology: based on the literal… …
117get under someone's feet — get under (someone s) feet be under (your) feet if someone is under your feet, they annoy you because they are always near you in a way that makes it difficult for you to do something. Why don t you ask Kelly to sit in the other room for a while? …
118pick someone's brains — pick (someone s) brains to ask for information or advice from someone who knows more about a subject than you do. I d love to pick your brains about computers you seem to be the expert around here …
119pull the wool over someone's eyes — pull the wool over (someone s) eyes to deceive someone in order to prevent them from knowing what you are really doing. Don t let insurance companies pull the wool over your eyes ask for a list of all the hidden charges …
120read someone like a book — read (someone) like a book if you can read someone like a book, you know exactly what they are feeling or thinking without having to ask. You re bored, aren t you? I can read you like a book …
