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.