see PUDDING, PROOF OF THE.
a shortened version of the
old proverb the proof of the pudding is in the eating, meaning that
performance is the true test, not
appearances, promises, etc.; just as the best test of a pudding is to
eat it, not just
look at it.
the true test of something. A shortened
form of the expression the proof of the pudding is in the eating, an
old proverb meaning that
performance is the true test, not
appearances, promises, etc.; just as the best test of a pudding is to
eat it, not just
look at it.