acid test

English

Etymology

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

Noun

acid test (plural acid tests)

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

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