apartar el grano de la paja: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  SpainLatin AmericaGeneralformalliteraryproverbial
  • To separate what is valuable or true from what is worthless or false; to distinguish the essential from the inessential.
  • To sift information, ideas, or items in order to retain what is useful and discard what is not.

  Examples

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  • En su investigación, logró apartar el grano de la paja y enfocarse solo en datos confiables.

    In his research, he managed to separate the wheat from the chaff and focus only on reliable data.

  • Durante la revisión, el editor apartó el grano de la paja para mejorar la calidad del artículo.

    During the review, the editor sifted through the material to improve the article's quality.

  • Cuando escucho tantas opiniones, intento apartar el grano de la paja para tomar una buena decisión.

    When I hear so many opinions, I try to separate the wheat from the chaff to make a good decision.