| 词汇 | separate the sheep from the goats |
| 词源 | separate the sheep from the goats. An old expression that has its origins in the New Testament, Matt. 25:32–33, reading: “And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall sep- arate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.” It means to divide the good from the bad, the worthy from the unworthy. |
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