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acid test
noun
- a severe and conclusive test to establish quality, genuineness, worth, etc.
acid test
noun
- a rigorous and conclusive test to establish worth or value
the play passed the critic's acid test
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of acid test1
First recorded in 1890鈥95
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of acid test1
C19: from the testing of gold with nitric acid
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Idioms and Phrases
A decisive trial to determine worth or quality, as in Exposure to brilliant sunlight is the acid test for showing this fabric won't fade . Alluding to a 19th-century chemical test for distinguishing gold from other metals, this term was used figuratively by the early 1900s.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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