separate the wheat
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- winnowSort by blowing air
- siftSeparate coarse from fine
- threshSeparate grain from chaff
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
harvest · sort · cull · discern · separate · husk · barn · golden · stalks · breeze · toss · valuable · worthless · judge · filter · purify · glean · mill
discrimination/discernment
separate the wheatthrow the baby out with the bathwater
Discard valuable with unwanted
conflate · lump together · muddle · confuse · mix up
selectivity/filtering
separate the wheattake at face value
Accept without deeper analysis
cast a wide net · open the floodgates · lower the bar · scrape the barrel · bottom of the barrel
organization/order
separate the wheatcombine
Merge, or harvesting machine
mix together · blend · jumble · intermingle · throw together