the proof of the pudding is in the eating

idiom

—used to say that a person can only know if something is good or bad by trying it

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However — again for those glass-half-empty drinkers — the proof of the pudding is in the eating. —

Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024

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