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گوش كنيد، بخوانيد، لذت ببريد، ياد بگيريد

بر روی آیکون قرمز کلیک کنید تا گوینده متن را برایتان بخواند. سعی کنید لغات دشوار را نیز یاد بگیرید.
نکته! کلیه کلمات به فرهنگ لغت نیز متصل هستند و چنانچه بر روی هر لغت دوبار کلیک کنید معنای آن را خواهید دید.

The proof is in the pudding

We were asked to revisit the somewhat puzzling phrase the proof is in the pudding, and we are happy to dish on the old proverb. The last time we tackled this problem, we had reminded our questioner that the original, full phrase was the proof of the pudding is in the eating. We had also noted that the early senses of pudding referred to blood sausage and sausage stuffing for roast meat, not to the soft, spongy, baked, or steamed dish we Americans associate with pudding. Today we talk about the proof intended in the proof of the pudding. Proof is an old word indeed; its Latin ancestor meant "to test; prove." Plenty of proof senses are either archaic (such as "the quality or state of having been tested or tried") or obsolete ("experience; outcome; result; witness; attempt"). But the sense of proof talked about in regard to the pudding is still active today. To proof a dough is to bring it to the proper lightness; to proof a piece of writing is to read and mark corrections in it; and to proof a pudding is to apply a test to it—say, a taste test—in order to determine if it is of standard or satisfactory quality.

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