separate the wheat from the chaff

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To select only that which is of value. idiomatic,intransitive
    — As a punishment, Zhemao and her affiliated accounts were suspended permanently. Most of her articles were deleted based on community consensus. Some Wikipedians even wrote to experts, seeking help to separate the wheat from the chaff.

词形变化

separates the wheat from the chaff present,singular,third-person separating the wheat from the chaff participle,present separated the wheat from the chaff participle,past separated the wheat from the chaff past

词源

The figurative sense is by extension from the literal sense, which is threshing. Because threshing has been an important activity for humans for thousands of years, it is well represented both in folk wisdom and (relatedly) in the Bible; for example, Matthew 3:12.
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