pudding

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:09 AM -0400 4/25/00, Sallie Lemons wrote:
>What about, "Man shall not live by bread alone"?
>

Sorry, I don't know what that SHOULD be instead.  The New Testament quote is
"man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God"--is the idea
that it's been re- (or mis-) interpreted as merely insisting on the
importance of varying one's diet?

Larry

>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