Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
to separate the wheat from the chaff
idiom
/tə ˈsɛpəˌreɪt ðə wiːt frəm ðə ʧæf/
Definition
To distinguish between valuable and worthless items or people.
Examples
During the debate, it was important to separate the wheat from the chaff in the candidates’ arguments.
In order to find the best applicants, the hiring manager needed to separate the wheat from the chaff based on their experience.
Meaning
This phrase refers to the process of identifying what is genuinely useful or important, separating it from what is not.
Synonyms
distinguish the valuable from the worthless
identify the important
separate the good from the bad
