separate the men from the boys

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separate the men from the boys and separate the sheep from the goats

Fig. to separate the competent from those who are less competent. (Not necessarily just about males.) This is the kind of task that separates the men from the boys. Working in a challenging place like this really separates the sheep from the goats.

See also: boy, men, separate

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GERAINT THOMAS insists the final four stages of the Tour of Britain will separate the men from the boys after narrowly missing out on a second successive top-10 finish yesterday. Thomas predicts tough Tour finish by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) Two time British Open champion Harrington said a change in the weather is not a bad thing and might help separate the men from the boys. Woods ready for another charge at PGA Championship by AFP / AFP American Edition Two time British Open champion Harrington said a change in the weather is not a bad thing and might help separate the men from the boys. Woods ready for another charge at PGA Championship by AFP / AFP Global Edition			send shivers down spine send to send to Coventry send to death send to glory send to the showers send under send up send up a trial balloon send up the river send up the wall send word to sense sense of humor sensitize to sentence sentence to separate separate but equal separate from separate into separate off separate off from separate out of separate out the men from the boys separate the men from the boys separate the sheep from the goats separate the wheat from the chaff serious serious about serve Serve a purpose serve around serve as Serve as a guinea pig serve for serve in serve notice serve on serve out serve right serve time serve to serve under serve up serve with service session set Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil set a precedent			Separate Properties separate property separate property Separate Protection At Connection Separate Quarters Separate Rations Separate Reporting Activity separate return Separate Return Limitation Year Separate Returns separate sanitary sewer Separate school Separate school Separate school Separate school education Separate school education Separate school funding Separate school funding Separate school system Separate school system Separate schools Separate schools separate sewage system separate sewer separate something from something else Separate Support Package separate system Separate Tax Return Separate tax returns Separate Telegram separate the men from the boys separate the sheep from the goats separate the wheat from the chaff separate the wheat from the chaff separate the wheat from the chaff separate the wheat from the chaff separate the wheat from the chaff Separate Thread of Execution separate ticket Separate Track & Illumination Radar Separate Track and Illuminating Radar Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities Separate trial Separate video Separate with Severance Pay separate-application adhesive Separate-Echelons Above Corps separated separated separated separated separated aggregate separated ammunition Separated at birth Separated But Living Together Separated by a function Separated by closed neighborhoods Separated by neighbourhoods Separated Channel Random Phase Approximation

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