Example
“The survey results gave the planning team plenty of food for thought.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
come to mind
Neutral · CEFR B1
to appear in one's thoughts or memory
brain power
Informal · CEFR B1
intelligence or mental ability used to think and solve problems
great minds think alike
Informal · CEFR B1
said when two people have the same idea at the same time
think twice
Neutral · CEFR B1
to reconsider an action carefully before doing it
get one's thoughts together
Informal · CEFR B2
to calm down and organize your thinking before acting or speaking
go without saying
Neutral · CEFR B2
to be so obvious that it does not need to be stated
Source methodology
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