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The proof of the pudding is in the eating

Cultural  
  1. Actual use is the best test. This saying appears in Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes.


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The proof of the pudding is in the eating on the fifth-season finale of “The Great British Baking Show.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2018

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, as the saying goes, and parents and students are voting with their feet.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2017

The proof of the pudding is in the eating and not in what people say.

From Time Magazine Archive

Essence of his philosophy is indicated in the proverb: "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."

From Time Magazine Archive

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and you needn’t tell me that any man in his senses will pay all that salary merely for a ‘chaperon,’ as he calls it.

From Cloudy Jewel by Grace Livingston Hill

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