food for thought
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3.4
- idiom
- Informal
:
algo para pensar
- But it's certainly very interesting, and it's food for thought, food for your consideration.
- provide food for thought
- give food for thought
- much food for thought
But it's certainly very interesting, and it's food for thought, food for your consideration.
- But it's certainly very interesting, and it's food for thought, food for your consideration.
- Hopefully this wisdom, these ideas give you food for thought.
- I don't know if there's some kind of narrative there, but just food for thought.
- And I will just ask as food for thought, what category of person wants a child to be trapped in perpetual adolescence?
- I think it is a lot of food for thought.
- So that so that's it's just a lot of food for thought there.
Examples
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David Frum offers some food for thought on where the Republican Party should go from here.
Blog text (17) -
I hope this post gave you as much food for thought as it did for me.
Blog text (3) -
Yeah, a lot of food for thought there.
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It's just food for thought.
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A little food for thought.
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It's certainly food for thought.
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The words provide food for thought, but their meaning becomes clear only after the event has come to pass.
Academic text (1994) -
Thanks for sharing, Christina, and giving me some good food for thought about the environment.
Blog text (6) -
Discussion of this one seemingly simple interaction can provide food for thought at any level of schooling.
Academic text (1992) -
After hearing her presentation, I found it to be real food for thought about our company's future direction.
Synonyms
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3.1
An idea or problem that needs careful thought
Something that gives your mind new ideas and keeps you thinking
Antonyms
How Thought-Provoking
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses a conventional metaphor—'food' as nourishment for 'thought'—so a learner who knows 'food' and 'thought' can likely infer it means something that stimulates or nourishes thinking. However the meaning is non-literal and relies on a metaphorical mapping rather than straightforward composition, so it is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Food for thought uses the picture of food feeding your thought: a good idea feeds your mind and makes you think. So, when someone gives you food for thought, they give you something to 'think carefully' about.