separate the sheep from the goats

idiom

chiefly British

: to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

The magazine describes many different products and then separates the sheep from the goats.

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One woman mentioned Jesus’ promise to separate the sheep from the goats on the Last Judgment. —

Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023

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