VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Food for Thought

Meaning:

Something that makes you think carefully

Examples:

  • What about Food for Thought?
  • These examples should give us food for thought.
  • Your words have given me food for thought.
  • Quite the contrary - and this is why I would like to share with you some food for thought.
  • Today' s communication offers fresh food for thought, and the Belgian Presidency intends to continue on this path.
  • And as the European Parliament is a budgetary authority, logically this should give us food for thought too.
  • I think that this sort of difference between the theory which we espouse and the practice which we follow should give you food for thought.
  • For my delegation, which will assume its functions as an elected member of the Council next month, this report is indeed food for thought.
  • Petitions to the Commission and the European Parliament in this context should give us not only food for thought, but also cause for concern.
  • This might be food for thought for all those people who claim that the proposal of Amendment No 35 by Mr Cappato is technology-neutral.