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Дословный перевод
Пища для размышлений.
Смысловое значение
Пища для размышлений – это то, о чем стоит хорошенько подумать. То, что заслуживает серьезного рассмотрения.
Примеры
1) Moving to another state is food for thought for many of those affected by the recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida. – Переезд в другой штат – это пища для размышлений для многих из тех, кто пострадал от недавних ураганов в Техасе и Флориде.
2) His study certainly provides food for thought. – Его исследование, безусловно, дает пищу для размышлений.
3) Thank you for your suggestion, it gave us a lot of food for thought. – Спасибо за ваше предложение, оно дало нам много пищи для размышлений.
Другие идиомы на английском языке
food for thought
Something to consider. That meeting really gave me food for thought—I might invest in their company after all.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
food for thought
Fig. something for someone to think about; issues to be considered. Your essay has provided me with some interesting food for thought. My adviser gave me some food for thought about job opportunities.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
food for thought
An idea or issue to ponder, as in That interesting suggestion of yours has given us food for thought. This metaphoric phrase, transferring the idea of digestion from the stomach to mulling something over in the mind, dates from the late 1800s, although the idea was also expressed somewhat differently at least three centuries earlier.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
food for thought
COMMON If something gives you food for thought, it makes you think very hard about an issue. This Italian trip gave us all much food for thought. It was poor Alan dying like that, gave me food for thought.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
food for thought
something that warrants serious consideration or reflection.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
food for ˈthought
an event, a remark, a fact, etc. which should be considered very carefully because it is interesting, important, etc: The lectures were very interesting and gave much food for thought.
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
food for thought
Something to ponder. This metaphor, which implies that the mind can chew or digest an idea, dates from the early nineteenth century, although words to that effect were cited by Erasmus in his Adagia of the sixteenth century (“Nor try to put courteous conversation into the minds of impudent men, for speech is the food of thought”). The modern cliché was used by Mark Twain (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, 1889): “There was food for thought there.”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
- give (one) food for thought
- bread and water
- serve out
- McD’s
- McDuck
- McDuck’s
- Mickey D’s
- mama put
- breadline
- be on the breadline
While EL&U is an English website, ancient Hebrew has just such a word. That word is selah. If such a word existed in English, you wouldn’t even need to preface it by the word that’s!
Selah is quite commonly used in the Jewish Scripture in the book of Psalms. Despite the obscurity of the word’s origin and meaning, it would seem to mean, at least in part:
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stop, or pause
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meditate/cogitate/ruminate on what has just been said
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take the passage’s message to heart
Since the Hebrew psalms, an ancient form of poetry based primarily on parallelism, not rhyme, were meant primarily to be sung, we can imagine that as the choir director in the temple led the singers in a psalm, occasionally he would indicate a pause in the music as a way of letting the words which were being sung to «sink in» to those who were listening. In Handel’s Messiah, there is such a pause in the final measures of the Hallelujah Chorus.
Nowadays, public speakers, for example, will simply repeat a particularly «meaty» sentence or quotation for emphasis, although in some public gatherings, such as at a memorial service, the speaker will sometimes intone,
«Let us observe a minute of silence in memory of [fill in the blank]»
Is there an equivalent, single English word? I doubt it. There should be, in my opinion.
Until someone invents one, here are a few alternatives:
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Ruminate/cogitate/meditate on that.
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That’s worth pondering/considering.
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Ponder/consider that.
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Mull that over.
There is in fact a single word which I am blanking on right now. It is a word which describes the power of a quotation, or memorable words, or a theory to stimulate further thought. The word is similar in meaning to prolific, which means having the power to generate many further thoughts and ramifications of the original quotation, words, or theory. When I think of the word, I’ll edit my post accordingly.
Meaning of Idiom ‘Food for Thought’
Food for thought is something, such as an idea, that is worth thinking about or considering; something that is worthy of serious consideration or careful pondering so that you understand it fully.
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Usage
Often, this idiom is used to mean simply “something to think about” or “give it some thought.” For example: “You should consider sitting down and coming up with a household budget so you won’t run out of money every month. Food for thought.”
Examples Of Use
“I think we should get dad a table saw for Christmas. He really wants one,” said Tommy. “Well, that’s definitely food for thought but he also wants a new grinding wheel,” said mom.
“You’ve given me a lot of food for thought,” said Mr. O’Donnel. “I’ll take your ideas up with the board as soon as possible.”
“Instead of throwing away this old wood, why don’t we use it to make something? Food for thought, anyway.”
Origin
This idiom transfers the digestion of food to the mind, using the idea that the mind can chew or digest ideas. It has been used since the early part of the 1800s although the concept existed long before.
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