separate the wheat from the chaffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Derived from Matthew 3:12.^[1]

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動詞

separate the wheat from the chaff (三人称単数 現在形 separates the wheat from the chaff, 現在分詞 separating the wheat from the chaff, 過去形および過去分詞形 separated the wheat from the chaff)

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

   Synonym: winnow

   • 2022 July 13, Rachel Cheung, “A Bored Chinese Housewife Spent Years Falsifying Russian History on Wikipedia”, in Vice‎^[1]:

     As a punishment, Zhemao and her affiliated accounts were suspended permanently. Most of her articles were deleted based on community consensus. Some Wikipedians even wrote to experts, seeking help to separate the wheat from the chaff.

参考

• wheat and tares

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