separate the wheat from the chaff
US /ˈsɛpəˌreɪt ðə wit frəm ðə tʃæf/
・UK /ˈsepərət ðə wi:t frəm ðə tʃæf/
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idm.To separate what is valuable or useful from what is not.
The competition will separate the wheat from the chaff soon.
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Robert Downey Jr. On Living With Intention, Discipline & What Happiness Really Means
- And like we were talking about earlier, it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
And like we were talking about earlier, it is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff.
PBS News Hour full episode, June 9, 2026
- The opening round, which is normally used to eliminate, separate the wheat from the chaff, so many teams actually go through into the knockout rounds.
The opening round, which is normally used to eliminate, separate the wheat from the chaff, so many teams actually go through into the knockout rounds.
Inside China's AI race | On Assignment
- We just try to not just separate the wheat from the chaff, but
We just try to not just separate the wheat from the chaff, but