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Sheep Separate Goats Examine Group People Decide Suitable

Phrase/Idiom separate the sheep from the goats
Definition If you separate the sheep from the goats, you examine a group of people and decide which are suitable and which not.
Example Examining job applications for our organisation is the first stage in separating the sheep from the goats.

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