het kaf van het koren scheiden
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Etymology[edit]
A Biblical allusion (see English separate the wheat from the chaff) referring to the process of winnowing, whereby the more nutritious parts (the corn or koren) of grains are separated from the largely unusable, fibrous parts (the chaff or kaf).
Verb[edit]
het kaf van het koren scheiden
- (idiomatic) to separate the wheat from the chaff (to separate useful from useless elements)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of het kaf van het koren scheiden: see scheiden.