like+chaff

wie (die) Spréú im Wind (Bibl) — like chaff in the wind (Bibl)

die Spréú vom Weizen trennen or sondern (fig) — to separate the wheat from the chaff

die Spreu vom Weizen trennen — (fig.) separate the wheat from the chaff

die Spreu vom Weizen trennen — (fig.) separate the wheat from the chaff

ir al grano — (fam) to get (straight) to the point

separar el grano de la paja — to separate the wheat from the chaff

aportar su (or mi etc) granito de arena — to do one's bit (colloq)

ir al grano — (fam) to get (straight) to the point

separar el grano de la paja — to separate the wheat from the chaff

aportar su (or mi etc) granito de arena — to do one's bit (colloq)

Ex: Most of these (like the photo on the right) are aluminum oxide, but a few grains of spinel have also been found.

Ex: If you try to squeeze the whitehead you may easily break the skin which will result in permanent, reddish scar.

Ex: Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.

Иванушке-то с пола/горя: он набил мамон мякиной - и прав; а нас ведь на мякине не проведёшь - мы знаем, где раки зимуют! (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Добродетели и пороки) — 'That's no skin off the d-Fool's nose; he's stuffed his tummy with chaff and feels righteous; but you don't catch old birds like us with chaff - we know a hawk from a handsaw!'

Студент - существо коллективное и как таковое весьма умён. Его на мякине не проведёшь. Он прекрасно умеет отличить настоящую шутку, внезапно сказанную по случайному поводу, от заранее заготовленного фабриката. (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — A student is a collective creature and as such very clever. He won't be had for a fool. He can very well distinguish a real joke, told spontaneously, from a pre-fabricated one.

- Пивом нас не пои, а дай покритиковать - да ещё с каким апломбом! - профессуру. И то нехорошо, и это не так, и нас, мол, на мякине не проведёшь. (Ю. Трифонов, Студенты) — 'There is nothing we enjoy so much as criticizing our professors - and how cocksure our criticism is! We don't like this, and we don't like that, and we won't allow ourselves to be taken in by anyone!'

- Макарушка меня вроде за глупого считает, а дюже он ошибается! Молодой он супротив меня, мелко плавает, и все ягоды у него наруже, а меня, старого воробья, на пустой мякине не проведёшь, нет, не проведёшь! (М. Шолохов, Поднятая целина) — 'Makarushka seems to take me for a dim-wit, but he's mighty wrong! He's only a milksop compared to me, a mere chicken, doesn't know any of the tricks of the trade, but I'm an old bird, and you can't catch an old bird like me with chaff, that you can't!'