Steel Tiger
Senior Master
When I got to work this morning I turned on the radio and heard someone utter a phrase that drives me crazy. A woman discussing something or other said, "The proof is in the pudding." This particular misquote drives me bonkers for some reason. There very well may be proof (alcohol) in the pudding but that is not the saying or even the meaning of the saying. The correct saying is "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." Meaning that if something is good it will show when you try/buy/do it.
In time the original saying will be gone and the meaning will be lost. When I think about it rationally I can accept that that is actually the nature of English which is a surprisingly alive language, but it still drives me crazy.
I was wondering if anyone else just gets nuts when they hear things like this?
In time the original saying will be gone and the meaning will be lost. When I think about it rationally I can accept that that is actually the nature of English which is a surprisingly alive language, but it still drives me crazy.
I was wondering if anyone else just gets nuts when they hear things like this?