acid test

English

Etymology

From the testing of gold with nitric acid (true gold is not affected)

Noun

acid test (plural acid tests)

(figuratively) A rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth of something.
(historical) In the 1960s, a party based around the use and advocacy of the psychedelic drug LSD ("acid").

Translations

Rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 決定性考驗, 决定性考验 (juédìngxìng kǎoyàn)
Finnish: happotesti
French: baptême du feu (fr) (literally, "fire baptism" : first use of something in a real situation)
German: Lackmustest (de)

Greek: λυδία λίθος (el) f (lydía líthos), βάσανος (el) f (vásanos)
Irish: promhadh an aigéid m
Romanian: probă de foc
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: prueba de fuego

Anagrams

dictates, testacid

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