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Where did this saying come from? - Bill - 03-09-2006

"The proof is in the pudding"?

I personally have never seen anything like proof in my pudding.


Where did this saying come from? - Raiden - 03-09-2006

I dropped a 1976 proof set in a bowl of pudding, that's when I came up with that.


Where did this saying come from? - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 03-09-2006

The proof of the pudding (is in the eating).
something that you say which means that you cannot judge the value of something until you have tried it. I've read the proposal and it looks promising, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
See also: pudding
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
the way to judge something is by its results. Economic growth is the proof of the pudding for the president's tax and budget plans.


Where did this saying come from? - Bill - 03-09-2006

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:The proof of the pudding (is in the eating).
something that you say which means that you cannot judge the value of something until you have tried it. I've read the proposal and it looks promising, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
See also: pudding
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
the way to judge something is by its results. Economic growth is the proof of the pudding for the president's tax and budget plans.

damn that's low....even taking jabs in other threads.....


Where did this saying come from? - ITC - 03-09-2006

Wow, impressing!

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:The proof of the pudding (is in the eating).
something that you say which means that you cannot judge the value of something until you have tried it. I've read the proposal and it looks promising, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
See also: pudding
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
the way to judge something is by its results. Economic growth is the proof of the pudding for the president's tax and budget plans.



Where did this saying come from? - Banana - 03-10-2006

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:The proof of the pudding (is in the eating).
something that you say which means that you cannot judge the value of something until you have tried it. I've read the proposal and it looks promising, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
See also: pudding
Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms © Cambridge University Press 1998

the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)
the way to judge something is by its results. Economic growth is the proof of the pudding for the president's tax and budget plans.
Flumper is like my wise grandpa


Where did this saying come from? - SanDog - 03-10-2006

Banana Wrote:Flumper is like my wise grandpa

He smells like feet?


Where did this saying come from? - Banana - 03-10-2006

SanDog Wrote:He smells like feet?
And is sticky


Where did this saying come from? - Spyker - 03-10-2006

do we get free pudding here at IT?


Where did this saying come from? - Shadrach - 03-10-2006

How enlightening. I knew there was a reason I keep coming back.