separate the wheat from the chaff

English

Alternative forms

• sort the wheat from the chaff
• winnow the wheat from the chaff
• winnow grain from chaff

Pronunciation

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Verb

separate the wheat from the chaff

1. (idiomatic) To select only that which is of value.

Synonyms

• (to select what is of value): winnow

Translations

to select only that which is of value

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分清良莠 (fēnqīng liángyǒu)

• Czech: oddělit zrno od plev pf
• Danish: skille klinten fra hveden
• Dutch: het kaf van het koren scheiden
• Finnish: erottaa jyvät akanoista (fi)
• French: séparer le bon grain de l’ivraie (fr)
• German: die Spreu vom Weizen trennen (de)
• Greek: διαχωρίζω την ήρα από το στάρι (el) (diachorízo tin íra apó to stári)
• Hebrew: לָבוּר אֶת הַבָּר מִן הַתֶּבֶן (lavúr et habár min hatéven)
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• Icelandic: skilja hismið frá kjarnanum
• Italian: separare il grano dal loglio, separare il buono dal cattivo
• Japanese: もみがらから麦をより分ける (momigara kara mugi o yoriwakeru), 良いものと悪いものを分ける (yoi mono to warui mono o wakeru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skille klinten fra hveten (no)

• Polish: oddzielić ziarno od plew (pl) pf
• Portuguese: separar o trigo do joio, separar o joio do trigo (pt)
• Russian: отделя́ть зёрна от пле́вел (ru) impf (otdeljátʹ zjórna ot plével), отдели́ть зёрна от пле́вел (ru) pf (otdelítʹ zjórna ot plével)
• Spanish: apartar el grano de la paja
• Swedish: skilja agnarna från vetet (sv)

See also

• wheat and tares