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单词 food for thought
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food for thought

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If you give someone food for thought, you make them think carefully about something.
Lord Fraser's speech offers much food for thought.
Developments in your career may give you food for thought.
Synonyms: mental nourishment, mental stimulation, food for the mind More Synonyms of food for thought
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Examples of 'food for thought' in a sentence
food for thought

Your experts have certainly given me some food for thought.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And my memories certainly give me food for thought.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's a film that should give stockbrokers food for thought.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Certainly gives you food for thought, doesn't it?
The Sun (2009)
United on Sunday will have given him food for thought over his selection for next week's friendly.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A draw gives us food for thought, more so when it's at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
HOSPITAL nurses have been given food for thought with a plan to make them report patients' missed meals in the same way that drug errors are monitored.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Chinese translation of 'food for thought'

food for thought

  1. 引人深思的事 (yǐn rén shēnsī de shì)
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Nearby words of
food for thought

  • folly
  • fond
  • food
  • food for thought
  • food group
  • food is in short supply
  • food mixer
(idiom) 
His speech offers much food for thought.
Synonyms
mental nourishment
mental stimulation
food for the mind
See food

Nearby words of
food for thought

  • fondly
  • fondness
  • food
  • food for thought
  • foodie
  • fool
  • fool around or about

Synonyms of 'food for thought'

food for thought

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