The proof is in the pudding
Meaning: Results speak louder than promises.
Origin: The full saying is "the proof of the pudding is in the eating," recorded by the antiquarian William Camden in 1605. A pudding then was often a sausage-like dish of meat and grain boiled in an animal's gut, which could look fine and still be spoiled — the only real test was to eat it. The shortened "the proof is in the pudding" loses that logic.
Equivalents in French, Spanish, Japanese, and German
- French: C'est au pied du mur qu'on voit le maçon (literally: It's at the foot of the wall that you see the mason)
- Spanish: Al freír será el reír (literally: When frying will come the laughing)
- Japanese: 論より証拠 (Ron yori shōko) (literally: Evidence over argument)
- German: Probieren geht über Studieren (literally: Trying beats studying)
More proverbs about Wisdom
- Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it — Ignoring past mistakes leads to repeating them.
- The early worm gets eaten — Being first isn't always advantageous — sometimes it's risky.
- Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater — Don't discard something valuable while getting rid of unwanted things.
- Rob Peter to pay Paul — Solve one problem by creating another.
- You can't have your cake and eat it too — You can't enjoy two mutually exclusive things simultaneously.
- Better safe than sorry — It's wiser to be cautious than to take unnecessary risks.
From our compliments & insults
- Eline sağlık — Praise and thanks to someone — especially a cook — for something made beautifully by hand.
- És uma joia — You're a gem — a precious, lovely person.
- Sei un salame — You're a clumsy, dopey softie — said with a smile.