the proof of the pudding is in the eating

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First attested in William Camden's Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine (1605) as “All the proofe of a pudding, is in the eating.”

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: المَيَّه تكَدِّب الغَطَّاس — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Azerbaijani: yeyərsən qaz ətini, görərsən ləzzətini — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Azerbaijani: yeməmisən qaz ətini, nə bilərsən ləzzətini? — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Chinese Mandarin: 百聞不如一見 /百闻不如一见 (bǎi wén bùrú yī jiàn) — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Dutch: de praktijk zal het leren — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Finnish: käytäntö sen vasta osoittaa — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• French: il faut juger sur pièces — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• French: la qualité se révèle à l’usage — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• German: Probieren geht über Studieren — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• German: die Praxis wird es zeigen — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Hungarian: a puding próbája az evés — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Japanese: 論より証拠 — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Korean: 백문이 불여일견 (baengmuni buryeoilgyeon) — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Norman: la preuve du podîn ch'est dé l'gouôter — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Polish: nie przekonasz się, dopóki nie spróbujesz — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Portuguese: ao frigir dos ovos — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Russian: не попробуешь, не узнаешь (ne poprobuješʹ, ne uznaješʹ) — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Serbo-Croatian: ne znaš dok ne probaš — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Spanish: el algodón no engaña — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Spanish: en la cancha se ven los pingos — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Spanish: no sabes la calidad de algo hasta que lo has experimentado — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Spanish: al freír de los huevos lo verá — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for
• Swedish: puddingen bevisas i ätandet — the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for