# origins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins/24429>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins/24429 "2000-07-03T05:54:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![barney17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@barney17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barney17)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins/24429/1 "2000-07-03T05:54:11Z")

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where does the phrase come from?  
“The proof is in the pudding”

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins/24429/2 "2000-07-03T07:19:35Z")

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ARGHHHHH!

That shit-assed bastardization of a phrase comes from the REAL phrase which makes sense:

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

“The proof is in the pudding” is probably brought to us by the same geniuses who gave us “I could care less.”

Idiots.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origins/24429/3 "2000-07-03T21:49:15Z")

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Don’t forget “head over heels”. And what about people describing the weather as “clear as a bell”?