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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
I am not sure if this is in worldwide usage but I frequently hear "The proof is in the pudding".
It makes me batty. I immediately think of Christmas pudding with the coins in it for children to find and then get caught in a loop thinking "no hang on they said the proof is in the pudding, not the money is in the pudding. Perhaps they mean money is a proof" and so on and so on.
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating" in case this is a very local thing
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actually an old cooking term is "proof" and the pudding would be considered ready when it was "proofed". hence the term.