0 very serious thought or talk about complicated ideas, especially in a way that is annoying or not helpful: --
I go see a film to be entertained, not enlightened; I leave the beard-stroking to others.
1 thinking very carefully and seriously about something, especially in a way that is annoying or not helpful because you are trying to impress people with your knowledge: --
It was just a bunch of beard-stroking men talking about philosophy.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.