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81separate the wheat from the chaff — When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless. If you separate the wheat from the chaff, you separate things that are of a high standard from things that are of low …
82separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff — distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. → chaff …
83separate the wheat from the chaff — When you separate the wheat from the chaff, you select what is useful or valuable and reject what is useless or worthless …
84separate the wheat from the chaff — ► separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. Main Entry: ↑chaff …
85sort the wheat from the chaff — ► separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones. Main Entry: ↑chaff …
86black chaff — noun : a disease of wheat caused by a bacterium (Xanthomonas translucens undulosa) and producing dark stripes running lengthwise of the chaff * * * Plant Pathol. a disease of wheat, characterized by dark, elongated stripes on the chaff, caused by …
87sort 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:… …
88sort 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:… …
89black chaff — Plant Pathol. a disease of wheat, characterized by dark, elongated stripes on the chaff, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas translucens undulosum. * * * …
90chafe, chaff — The one may lead to the other, but their meanings are distinct. To chafe means to make sore or worn by rubbing (or, figuratively, to annoy or irritate). To chaff means to tease good naturedly. A person who is excessively chaffed is likely to… …