pudding

[Sallie Lemons]

What about, "Man shall not live by bread alone"?

Laurence Horn wrote:

> >I've heard "the proof's in the pudding" with alarming frequency lately and
> >am beginning to wonder whether my version of this saying, "The proof of
> >the pudding's in the eating/tasting" is in fact said by a minority of one
> >in this world. Are there any pudding tasters (sort of like poetasters,
> >only different) out there who can shed a spoon on this question?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Peter Richardson
>
> I hear both, the original (transparent) and the new (opaque) versions,
> about half the time each.   On the other hand, I almost never hear "Happy
> as a clam at high tide", just "Happy as a clam".  And all too often "Romeo,
> Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?"
>
> larry