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idiomsort (out) the wheat from the chaff(also separate/sift the wheat from the chaff)to choose the good or useful things or people from a large group, and get rid of the rest:Experienced thieves go from house to house, looking for antiques, and, after years of experience, have no difficulty sorting the wheat from the chaff.Shultz sees her task as separating the wheat from the chaff - the genuine cases of need from the people who are just looking for easy money.
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