Words & TermsPolitics and public life
magic pudding
An apparently inexhaustible source of money, benefits or resources.
In a sentence
The budget is not a magic pudding with money for every promise.
Where it came from
The metaphor draws on Norman Lindsay's Australian literary character and became broader Australian public-language shorthand.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established