pudding

be in the pudding club (British, old-fashioned)

to be pregnant. Tina says Karen's in the pudding club.

See also: club

over-egg the pudding (British)

to spoil something by trying too hard to improve it. As a director, I think he has a tendency to over-egg the pudding, with a few too many gorgeous shots of the countryside.

The proof of the pudding (is in the eating).

something that you say which means that you cannot judge the value of something until you have tried it. I've read the proposal and it looks promising, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)

the way to judge something is by its results. Economic growth is the proof of the pudding for the president's tax and budget plans.