"separate the wheat from the chaff" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

IPA: \ˈsɛp.ə.ˌɹeɪt ðə ˈwiːt fɹɒm ðə ˈtʃɑːf\ ou \-ˈtʃæf\ Audio: En-au-separate the wheat from the chaff.ogg Forms: sort the wheat from the chaff, winnow grain from chaff, winnow the wheat from the chaff
  1. Séparer le bon grain de l’ivraie. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-separate_the_wheat_from_the_chaff-en-verb-PF4m7yY6 Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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