brain drain | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Themigrationofeducatedortalentedpeople from less economicallyadvancedareas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or moredevelopednations.Antonym:brain gain1955, U.S. Department of Agriculture,Proceedings, Issues 6-12, page60:Fortunately, the often-discussed problem of "thebrain drain" is not as serious in agriculture as in most other fields, particularly the "hard sciences."2023October 4, Philip Haigh, “HS2's rising costs: government only has itself to blame”, inRAIL, number993, page53:Former HS2 Ltd chairman Sir David Higgins provided a timely reminder of why Britain needs HS2 in a letter toThe Timeson September 25, in which he asked: "Why are so few FTSE 100 companies based outside the South East? Why is there such abrain drainof graduates from the North? Why do northern cities underperform compared with their European counterparts?; (medicine,informal)AJackson-Pratt drain.

Examples:

EN: It's the brain drain.
ES: Es la fuga de talentos.
EN: For some time we've had a section investigating the brain drain.
ES: Llevamos tiempo investigando la fuga de cerebros.
EN: You've heard of the brain drain. Well, meet one of the drains.
ES: En la fuga de los cerebros, hago de intermediario.
EN: Oh no, here comes the brain drain!
ES: Ahora viene el "saberlo todo".
EN: A brain drain?
ES: ¿Trasvase de ideas?
EN: Took the brain drain to America seven years ago.
ES: Trabaja en América desde hace 7 años.
EN: The brain drain in reverse.
ES: Fuga de cerebros al revés.
EN: I suppose time travel can be a real brain drain.
ES: Supongo que viajar en el tiempo puede confundir al cerebro.
EN: I have no future, I'm marked and profiled, I'm scheduled for a brain drain.
ES: No tengo futuro. Estoy marcada y programada para una biopsia cerebral.
EN: I'm looking at a brain drain Liam.
ES: Yo sólo veo una biopsia cerebral Liam.
EN: You know, your basic brain drain.
ES: Tú sabes, la pérdida cerebral básica.
EN: If the Fed tells me I can't offer competitive pay for talent, you're gonna launch the biggest brain drain this country's ever seen.
ES: Si la Reserva me dice que no puedo ofrecer una remuneración competitiva por el talento, vais a desencadenar la mayor sequía de cerebros que este país haya visto nunca.
EN: No wonder if after brain drain there!
ES: No hay que sorprenderse si después hay fuga de cerebros!
EN: I don't know, seems like kind of a brain drain.
ES: No sé, parece como algún tipo de drenaje cerebral.
EN: Yeah, a real brain drain at Pike's.
ES: Sí, en Pike's tienen una auténtica fuga de cerebros.

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