#2215161 - 06/06/1905:18 PMRe: who invents these sayings? HappyGilmore
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I think "break a leg" is old theater superstition - that wishing for something somehow jinxes it, so you wish for something that you don't actually want to have happen.
The original saying was the proof of the pudding is in the eating. It's gotten shortened over the years but keeps its meaning.. the end result is how the process should be judged.