separate the wheat from the chaff
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separate the wheat from the chaff — To identify (esp by some test) the superior members of any group • • • Main Entry: ↑wheat * * * sort/separate/the wheat from the chaff phrase to show which parts or people are useless and get rid of them Thesaurus: to get rid of something or… … Useful english dictionary
separate the wheat from the chaff — When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless … The small dictionary of idiomes
separate the wheat from the chaff — ► separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. Main Entry: ↑chaff … English terms dictionary
separate the wheat from the chaff — When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless. If you separate the wheat from the chaff, you separate things that are of a high standard from things that are of low … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
separate the wheat from the chaff — to choose the things or people that are of high quality from a group of mixed quality. A preliminary look through the applications will help you to separate the wheat from the chaff … New idioms dictionary
Separate the wheat from the chaff — When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless … Dictionary of English idioms
separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff — distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. → chaff … English new terms dictionary
separate the sheep from the goats — To identify (esp by some test) the superior members of any group • • • Main Entry: ↑sheep * * * separate the sheep from the goats phrase to separate the people who are clever or good from the ones who are not This exercise should separate the… … Useful english dictionary
sort the wheat from the chaff — ► separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. Main Entry: ↑chaff … English terms dictionary
sort the wheat from the chaff — sort/separate/the wheat from the chaff phrase to show which parts or people are useless and get rid of them Thesaurus: to get rid of something or someonesynonym remove by cuttinghyponym Main entry: wheat … Useful english dictionary
