“separate the”

The following 3 entries include the term separate the.

separate the men from the boys

idiom

: to show which people are really strong, brave, etc., and which are not

separate the sheep from the goats

idiom

: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

separate the wheat from the chaff

idiom

: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good


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