| 释义 |
separate wheat from chaff separate the wheat from the chaffTo separate the good or valuable from that which is inferior. With so many manuscripts arriving daily, it's a challenge to separate the wheat from the chaff and spot the really exceptional ones.See also: chaff, separate, wheatseparate wheat from chaffSort the valuable from the worthless, as in I hope we'll get a preview of the auction so we can separate the wheat from the chaff. This idiom alludes to the ancient practice of winnowing grain. See also: chaff, separate, wheat |