food for thought

单词 “food 食物” 是个常见词，“thought 思想” 在日常对话中出现的频率也很高。这两个词搭配组成 “food for thought”，字面直译为 “思想精神食粮”，即 “引人深思的事情”。若一件事情让某人认真思考，引起深思，那此事则 “give somebody food for thought”。

Food for thought refers to something that’s worth thinking carefully about.

Food for thought 指的就是引人深思的事情。

The lecture was really interesting! It gave me a lot of food for thought.

这堂课真的很有意思，给我留下了很多值得思考的问题。