food for thought

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

food for thought (uncountable)

(idiomatic) Information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation.

Coordinate terms

soul food

Translations

information or knowledge that is worthy of contemplation

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精神食糧, 精神食粮 (jīngshén shíliáng), 思想食物 (sīxiǎng shíwù), (to provide food for thought) 耐人尋味 (zh), 耐人寻味 (zh) (nàirénxúnwèi), (to get people thinking) 發人深思, 发人深思 (fārénshēnsī)
Danish: stof til eftertanke n
Finnish: pohdittava
French: matière à penser f
German: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: elgondolkodtató

Icelandic: umhugsunarefni n
Italian: spunto di riflessione m
Portuguese: alimento para a mente m
Russian: пи́ща для размышлений (ru) (píšča dlja razmyšlenij)
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: tänkvärdheter
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: suy nghĩ kỹ càng về điều gì đó

References

“Food for thought”, in BBC Learning English‎, BBC, 14 September 2014

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