sort the wheat from the chaff
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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 out the wheat from the chaff — sort out/separate the ˌwheat from the ˈchaff idiom to distinguish useful or valuable people or things from ones that are not useful or have no value • We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
sort separate the wheat from the chaff — sort out/separate the ˌwheat from the ˈchaff idiom to distinguish useful or valuable people or things from ones that are not useful or have no value • We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
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 — ► separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. Main Entry: ↑chaff … English terms dictionary
separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff — distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. → chaff … English new terms dictionary
chaff — Ⅰ. chaff [1] ► NOUN 1) the husks of grain or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. 2) chopped hay and straw used as fodder. ● separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff Cf. ↑sort the wheat from the chaff … English terms dictionary
wheat — [ wit, hwit ] noun uncount * a tall plant that produces grain for making bread and other foods: East Asian farmers grew 30 million tons of wheat last year. wheat farm/field/crop/harvest a. wheat grains or food made from them:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chaff — [[t]tʃɑ͟ːf, tʃæ̱f[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If you separate the wheat from the chaff or sort the wheat from the chaff, you decide which… … English dictionary
sort — [[t]sɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦ sorts, sorting, sorted 1) N COUNT: with supp, usu N of n If you talk about a particular sort of something, you are talking about a class of things that have particular features in common and that belong to a larger group of… … English dictionary
